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Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs: High diversity of trees and corals is maintained only in a nonequilibrium state.
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The commonly observed high diversity of trees in tropical rain forests and corals on tropical reefs is a nonequilibrium state which, if not disturbed further, will progress toward a low-diversity equilibrium community. This may not happen if gradual changes in climate favor different species. If equilibrium is reached, a lesser degree of diversity may be sustained by niche diversification or by a compensatory mortality that favors inferior competitors. However, tropical forests and reefs are subject to severe disturbances often enough that equilibrium may never be attained.
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- Authors
- Connell, J. H.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1978-03-24
- Volume
- 199
- Issue
- 4335
- Pages
- 1302-1310
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2166722801
- Cited by
- 9,417
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 100.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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