Symmetrical competition makes disturbance-diversity peaks unpredictable
Evidence
However, as discussed above, subtidal assemblages are usually not completely hierarchical, because some of the competing pairs are symmetrical. In such cases, the position of any peak of species richness will be difficult to predict, even with low rates of disturbance. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1006
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Equilibrium succession models give way to a kinetic view accepting site instability — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 367; Frequent small animal disturbances maintain grassland diversity as a fine-grained mosaic — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 499; Shrubland diversity arises from varied disturbance rather than a single optimum — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 672 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Unrelated sessile communities obey the same disturbance-diversity rule
#qualifies(0.82) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 300 - Intermediate disturbance works by preserving patch structure, not protecting weak competitors
#qualifies(0.75) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1939 - The same disturbance-diversity dynamics governing forest trees also structure moss communities on logs
#qualifies(0.72) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 371