mid-domain effects

A form of mid-domain effect — 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.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of mid-domain effect
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