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abundant centre hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Macroecology

the expectation that a species is most abundant at the centre of its geographic range and declines toward the edges.

In macroecology, abundant centre hypothesis refers to the expectation that a species is most abundant at the centre of its geographic range and declines toward the edges. This meaning comes from Sagarin (2002) in Ecology Letters.[1]

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References

Sagarin, R. D., & Gaines, S. D. (2002). The ‘abundant centre’ distribution: to what extent is it a biogeographical rule? Ecology Letters, 5(1), 137-147. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00297.x

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