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Ecology

the idea that more species buffer ecosystem function against environmental fluctuation because different species respond differently to change.

In ecology, insurance hypothesis refers to the idea that more species buffer ecosystem function against environmental fluctuation because different species respond differently to change. This meaning comes from Yachi (1999) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Yachi, S., & Loreau, M. (1999). Biodiversity and ecosystem productivity in a fluctuating environment: The insurance hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(4), 1463-1468. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.4.1463

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