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Science 24 March 1978: Vol. 199. no. 4335, pp. 1302 - 1310 DOI: 10.1126/science.199.4335.1302
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Diversity in Tropical Rain Forests and Coral Reefs
Joseph H. Connell 1
1 Professor of biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara 93106
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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