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biotic homogenization: a standalone construct

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biotichomogenization1 CONSTRUCTBiotic homogenizationMCKINNEY · ECOLOGY

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the growing similarity of species composition among places as widespread species spread and local specialists are lost.

In ecology, biotic homogenization refers to the growing similarity of species composition among places as widespread species spread and local specialists are lost. This meaning comes from McKinney (1999) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.[1]

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  1. McKinney, M. L., & Lockwood, J. L. (1999). Biotic homogenization: a few winners replacing many losers in the next mass extinction. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 14(11), 450-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(99)01679-1

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