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Ecology

the argument that the world stays green because predators keep herbivores below the levels at which they would strip plant biomass.

In ecology, green world hypothesis refers to the argument that the world stays green because predators keep herbivores below the levels at which they would strip plant biomass. This meaning comes from Hairston (1960) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Hairston, N. G., Smith, F. E., & Slobodkin, L. B. (1960). Community Structure, Population Control, and Competition. The American Naturalist, 94(879), 421-425. https://doi.org/10.1086/282146

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