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Evolutionary ecology

the tendency of species to keep their ancestral ecological niche over evolutionary time, limiting range expansion into new climates.

In evolutionary ecology, niche conservatism refers to the tendency of species to keep their ancestral ecological niche over evolutionary time, limiting range expansion into new climates. This meaning comes from Wiens (2005) in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.[1]

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References

Wiens, J. J., & Graham, C. H. (2005). Niche Conservatism: Integrating Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 36(1), 519-539. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.36.102803.095431

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