Disturbance increases diversity by weakening competition rather than reducing intrinsic population growth
Y. Neumann, Or Gross, Tal Schabes, Niv DeMalach, Michael Kalyuzhny
The paper tests two hypotheses about how physical disturbance affects biodiversity, finding that early disturbance increases diversity by weakening competition, while late disturbance reduces it through demographic effects.
bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2026 · PreprintEcology