#ecologicaltheories — Public Fediverse posts
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Unified neutral theory of biodiversity (Biodiversity 🦗)
The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography is a theory and the title of a monograph by ecologist Stephen P. Hubbell. It aims to explain the diversity and relative abundance of species in ecological communities. Like other neutral theories of ecolo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_neutral_theory_of_biodiversity
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Janzen–Connell hypothesis (Ecology 🏞️)
The Janzen–Connell hypothesis is a well-known hypothesis for the maintenance of high species biodiversity in the tropics. It was published independently in the early 1970s by Daniel Janzen, who focused on tropical trees, and Joseph Connell who discussed trees and marine invertebrates. Accor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janzen–Connell_hypothesis
#JanzenConnellHypothesis #Ecology #Hypotheses #EcologicalTheories #TheoreticalEcology #EnvironmentalScience
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Intermediate disturbance hypothesis (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis suggests that local species diversity is maximized when ecological disturbance is neither too rare nor too frequent. At low levels of disturbance, more competitive organisms will push subordinate species...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_disturbance_hypothesis
#IntermediateDisturbanceHypothesis #Species #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalTheories #EcologicalProcesses #EcologicalSuccession