Ecology: Concepts and Applications 4th Edition by Manual Molles

تمرين 9

Humans have been living in the tropical rain forests of the New World for at least 11,000 years. During this period, disturbance by humans has been a part of these tropical rain forests. Use the intermediate disturbance hypothesis to explain how recent disturbances threaten the biological diversity of these forests, while earlier disturbances apparently did not.