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Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis is a theoretical framework in ecology proposing that species diversity is maximized at intermediate levels of disturbance frequency or intensity, where neither competitive exclusion nor high mortality predominates.

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The Role of Disturbance in Stream Ecology

Vincent H. Resh, Arthur V. Brown, Alan P. Covich et al. · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 1988 · 1.6K citations

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THE INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS: PATCH DYNAMICS AND MECHANISMS OF SPECIES COEXISTENCE

Stephen H. Roxburgh, Katriona Shea, J. B. Wilson · Ecology · 2004 · 693 citations

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The intermediate disturbance hypothesis, refugia, and biodiversity in streams

Colin R. Townsend, Mike R. Scarsbrook, Sylvain Dolédec · Limnology and Oceanography · 1997 · 525 citations

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The intermediate disturbance hypothesis should be abandoned

Jeremy W. Fox · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2012 · 504 citations

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Moving from pattern to process: coexistence mechanisms under intermediate disturbance regimes

Katriona Shea, Stephen H. Roxburgh, Emily S. J. Rauschert · Ecology Letters · 2004 · 495 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CS
    C. S. Reynolds

    Freshwater Biological Association, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 324 citations

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  2. SH
    Stephen H. Roxburgh

    CSIRO Land and Water, Australia

    5 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. MW
    Martin Wahl

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    4 publications · 175 citations

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  4. SL
    Scott L. Collins

    University of New Mexico, United States

    4 publications · 763 citations

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  5. KS
    Katriona Shea

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

304

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    540 citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    247 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. Freshwater Biological Association

    Ambleside, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    464 citations

  6. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies

    Esporles, Spain

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    225 citations

  8. Lakehead University

    Thunder Bay, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    748 citations

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  1. Ecology

    17 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. Oikos

    10 publications · 817 citations

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  3. Science

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 5 publications · 195 citations

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  5. The American Naturalist

    AN · 5 publications · 486 citations

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