Disturbance–diversity models: what do they really predict and how are they tested?
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) and the dynamic equilibrium model (DEM) are influential theories in ecology. The IDH predicts large species numbers at intermediate levels of disturbance and the DEM predicts that the effect of disturbance depends on the level of productivity. However, v...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321721/ |