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Ecology

the prediction that populations with wider niches show more trait variation among individuals than populations with narrow niches.

In ecology, niche variation hypothesis refers to the prediction that populations with wider niches show more trait variation among individuals than populations with narrow niches. This meaning comes from Van Valen (1965) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Van Valen, L. (1965). Morphological Variation and Width of Ecological Niche. The American Naturalist, 99(908), 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1086/282379

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