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Shelford's law of tolerance: a standalone construct

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Ecology

the principle that a species' abundance and distribution are limited by both minimum and maximum levels of environmental factors.

In ecology, Shelford's law of tolerance refers to the principle that a species' abundance and distribution are limited by both minimum and maximum levels of environmental factors. This meaning comes from Shelford (1913) in Animal communities in temperate America,.[1]

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Shelford, V. E. (1913). Animal communities in temperate America,. Pub. by the University of Chicago press. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.21631

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