Depauperate ecosystem
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A depauperate ecosystem is an
biological diversity.[1] An urchin barren
is an example of a depauperate ecosystem.
As it is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment, when such ecosystem is depauperate, it means that the area is poor in ecological resources, both in quantity and diversity. An example of a depauperate environment is Muirfield Seamount.
References
- ISBN 978-0-470-91781-7
Further reading
- Schluter, Dolph. The Ecology of Adaptive Radiation. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. Print.
- Strier, Karen B. Primate Behavioral Ecology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. Print.
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