Preferred term
habitat heterogeneity
Definition
- [Craig R. McClain] Habitat heterogeneity is a major structuring agent of ecological assemblages promoting beta diversity and ultimately contributing to overall higher global diversity. The exact processes by which heterogeneity increases diversity are scale dependent and encompass variation in other well-known processes, e.g., productivity, disturbance, and temperature.
Broader concept
Scope note
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URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21489
