Many ecologists now think that the relative long-term stability of climax communities comes not from diversity but from the “patchiness” of the environment; an environment that varies from place to place supports more kinds of organisms than an environment that is uniform. — 现在很多生态学家们认为，顶极群落相对长期的稳定性并非来自于多样性，而是来自环境的“补缀”，随处变化的环境比始终如一的环境更有利于多种有机体的生存。 ① ecologist /iˈkɑːlədʒɪst/ n. 生态学家 ② patchiness /ˈpætʃinəs/ n. 零散，分布不匀；不完整 ③ organism /ˈɔːrɡənɪzəm/ n. 生物；有机体

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