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Ecology

the counterintuitive prediction that raising the food supply of prey can destabilize predator-prey dynamics and drive populations toward extinction.

In ecology, paradox of enrichment refers to the counterintuitive prediction that raising the food supply of prey can destabilize predator-prey dynamics and drive populations toward extinction. This meaning comes from Rosenzweig (1971) in Science.[1]

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References

Rosenzweig, M. L. (1971). Paradox of Enrichment: Destabilization of Exploitation Ecosystems in Ecological Time. Science, 171(3969), 385-387. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.171.3969.385

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