The intermediate disturbance hypothesis applies to tropical forests, but disturbance contributes little to tree diversity.
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an intermediate level of disturbance. Developed to explain species maintenance and diversity patterns in species-rich ecosystems such as tropical forests, tests of IDH in tropical forest remain scarce, sm...
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| Định dạng: | Journal article |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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2009
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