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Biogeography

the proposal that productive sites hold more species because they support more individuals, so more species can keep viable populations.

In biogeography, more individuals hypothesis refers to the proposal that productive sites hold more species because they support more individuals, so more species can keep viable populations. This meaning comes from Srivastava (1998) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Srivastava, D. S., & Lawton, J. H. (1998). Why More Productive Sites Have More Species: An Experimental Test of Theory Using Tree‐Hole Communities. The American Naturalist, 152(4), 510-529. https://doi.org/10.1086/286187

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