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mid-domain effect

mid-domain effect noun: 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.

Noun

mid-domain effect (plural mid-domain effects)

  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.

Forms of mid-domain effect

pluralmid-domain effects

Questions about mid-domain effect

What does mid-domain effect mean?
Mid-domain effect means 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.
What part of speech is mid-domain effect?
Mid-domain effect is a noun.
What is the plural of mid-domain effect?
The plural of mid-domain effect is mid-domain effects.

Words near mid-domain effect in the dictionary

  1. mid-century
  2. mid-century modern
  3. mid-day
  4. mid-days
  5. mid-December
  6. mid-domain effect
  7. mid-domain effects
  8. mid-dot
  9. mid-dots
  10. mid-drift
  11. mid-drifts

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