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ecological opportunity: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary biology

an abundance of available resources little used by competitors, proposed as a trigger for adaptive radiation.

In evolutionary biology, ecological opportunity refers to an abundance of available resources little used by competitors, proposed as a trigger for adaptive radiation. This meaning comes from Yoder (2010) in Journal of Evolutionary Biology.[1]

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References

Yoder, J. B., Clancey, E., Des Roches, S., Eastman, J. M., Gentry, L., Godsoe, W., Hagey, T. J., Jochimsen, D., Oswald, B. P., Robertson, J., Sarver, B. A. J., Schenk, J. J., Spear, S. F., & Harmon, L. J. (2010). Ecological opportunity and the origin of adaptive radiations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23(8), 1581-1596. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02029.x

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