Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology
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Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.
The diversity of life is ultimately generated by evolution, and much attention has focused on the rapid evolution of ecological traits. Yet, the tendency for many ecological traits to instead remain similar over time [niche conservatism (NC)] has many consequences for the fundamental patterns and processes studied in ecology and conservation biology. Here, we describe the mounting evidence for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1461-023X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01515.x