Explain the intermediate disturbance hypothesis

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Disturbances to a community can affect species composition. According to the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, species richness is greatest in communities where disturbances are moderate in their intensity or frequency. In such habitats, there is enough time for new colonists to arrive and become established, but not enough time for competitive exclusions to cause extinctions.

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a. lacks a continuous network of blood vessels that contain the blood at all times b. can have only one heart

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An organism that develops different phenotypes in different environments is said to exhibit what trait?

What will be an ideal response?

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