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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"species-area effect"”.
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A Test of the Area of Refuge Hypothesis in Indo-Pacific Marine Biogeography
… to explain the marine biogeographic patterns of species richness of the Indo-Pacific. One of these hypotheses suggests that available habitat area is the main predictor of species richness. This is the basis for the area of refuge hypothesis that attempts to explain the global maxima of species …
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The colonisation by vegetation of colliery spoil heaps in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, and implications for biodiversity management
… measured using a series of 'expected trends'. Species-richness increased over time until 60 years since disturbance, but the species-evenness pattern did not appear to be affected by time or pH. The bryophyte layer colonised plots over 16 years since disturbance rather than starting the …