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community saturation: a standalone construct

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Ecology

whether local species richness levels off as regional richness rises, which tests whether local interactions cap community membership.

In ecology, community saturation refers to whether local species richness levels off as regional richness rises, which tests whether local interactions cap community membership. This meaning comes from Cornell (1992) in The Journal of Animal Ecology.[1]

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community5 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs richness3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs saturation4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Cornell, H. V., & Lawton, J. H. (1992). Species Interactions, Local and Regional Processes, and Limits to the Richness of Ecological Communities: A Theoretical Perspective. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 61(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/5503

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