Factors Controlling Species Diversity: Overview and Synthesis
Year: 1988
Type: article
Abstract: Factors controlling -diversity are usually presented as a laundry list without organization-for instance, cies than the temperate zones be ecause hcl stability and reduced seasonality and high aper instead proposes a fourfold grouping of factors, termed the QQID iaie Q = resource quality, consisting of the habitat and resource factors that determine the * 'number of niches."Q = resource and consumer antity, consisting of factors determining the er of consuming individuals exti immigration, and speciation), which affect species diversity in both equilibrial pe "mansana situations.l and latitudinal gradients.A major problem for the future involves seeking generalizations as to which factors h circumstances.Another problem is to convert this a grouping into a natural hierarchy of factors, possibly based on a hierarchy of processes in space an
DOI: 10.2307/2399469
Author: Jared Diamond
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2324962713