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nestedness: a standalone construct

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nestedness1 CONSTRUCTNestedness (Ecology)PATTERSON · ECOLOGY

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Ecology

a pattern in which species found at species-poor sites are mostly subsets of those found at richer sites.

In ecology, nestedness refers to a pattern in which species found at species-poor sites are mostly subsets of those found at richer sites. This meaning comes from Patterson (1986) in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.[1]

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  1. Patterson, B. D., & Atmar, W. (1986). Nested subsets and the structure of insular mammalian faunas and archipelagos. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 28(1-2), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1986.tb01749.x

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