Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs¶
Connell, J. H. (1978). Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs. Science, 199(4335), 1302-1310.
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Primes¶
- Inverted-U Response
- Ecology: the intermediate-disturbance hypothesis — species richness peaks at intermediate disturbance frequency, falling under both competitive exclusion (too little) and extirpation (too much).
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The abstract supports only the general frame that severe disturbance keeps tropical diversity from reaching equilibrium; it does not state the peak-at-intermediate richness curve or the competitive-exclusion and extirpation mechanisms.
“However, tropical forests and reefs are subject to severe disturbances often enough that equilibrium may never be attained.”
- Ecology: the intermediate-disturbance hypothesis — species richness peaks at intermediate disturbance frequency, falling under both competitive exclusion (too little) and extirpation (too much).
Domain-specific¶
- Intermediate disturbance hypothesis
- The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH; Connell 1978) holds that species diversity in an ecological community reaches its maximum at intermediate levels of disturbance — intermediate in frequency, intensity, or spatial extent — and declines toward both the low and the high extreme
This sourceConnell's argument that tropical reef coral diversity is a nonequilibrium state maintained by frequent disturbance. Connell's 1978 Science paper on disturbance-maintained, nonequilibrium diversity in tropical forests and coral reefs.
Supported in partVerified against the source
- The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH; Connell 1978) holds that species diversity in an ecological community reaches its maximum at intermediate levels of disturbance — intermediate in frequency, intensity, or spatial extent — and declines toward both the low and the high extreme
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