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colleen colleen
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Humans have been living in the tropical rain forests of the New World for at least 11,000 years. During this period, disturbance by humans has been a part of these tropical rain
forests. Use the intermediate disturbance hypothesis to explain how recent disturbances threaten the biological diversity of these forests, while earlier disturbances apparently did
not.
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12 years ago
Disturbance of tropical rain forests by early human populations was much lower in both frequency and intensity compared to modern disturbance. With the advent of chainsaws, bulldozers and increased human population size, human disturbance of rain forests has moved from intermediate to high levels. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis would therefore predict that recent disturbances threaten the biological diversity of these forests, while earlier disturbances apparently did not.
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