Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Number of species of plants on island per year
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Theory of island biogeography
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The rate of extinction is low at the time of first colonization and immigration rate is highest
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Earlier arriving species tend to be r-selected species, which are better dispersers, whereas later arriving species are generally K-selected species, which are better competitors.
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The number of species should decrease with increasing distance of the island from the mainland - The species distance hypothesis