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r-selection

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Etymology

Coined by the American ecologists Robert H. MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in 1967. The choice of the letter r came from rate.

Noun

r-selection (uncountable)

  1. (ecology) A theory involving natural selection based on quantity.

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