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Ecology

the idea that specialist enemies kill seeds and seedlings near their parent tree, freeing space for other species and maintaining high tree diversity.

In ecology, Janzen-Connell hypothesis refers to the idea that specialist enemies kill seeds and seedlings near their parent tree, freeing space for other species and maintaining high tree diversity. This meaning comes from Janzen (1970) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Janzen, D. H. (1970). Herbivores and the Number of Tree Species in Tropical Forests. The American Naturalist, 104(940), 501-528. https://doi.org/10.1086/282687

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