May 18, 2024
What maintains biodiversity in ecological communities?

What maintains biodiversity in ecological communities?

Nature, Published online: 07 June 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01669-8

An experiment testing two opposing theories about how biodiversity is governed in communities was done at seawall structures at the boundary between high and low tides. Rather than the conventional model, the results support one that suggests that immigration has a larger role in maintaining diversity than do niches.

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