Explanation

Rivet popper hypothesis suggests the ecosystem are like aeroplane wings where the flight ecosystem functioning may or may not be compromised This hypothesis assumes the ecosystem to be an aeroplane and the species to be the rivets joining all parts together If every passenger pops a rivet to take home (resulting in species extinction), it may not affect the flight safety initially (proper ecosystem functioning) but with time as more rivets are removed, the plane will become dangerously weak