English Explanatory Dictionary

mid-domain effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hypothesis that species richness tends to peak in the middle of a geographic range or habitat rather than at the extremes; an attempt to explain the observed pattern of latitudinal gradients in species diversity.

Word forms

mid-domain effect mid-domain effects
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