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r-selection

noun

r-selection

noun

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

1

Biology, Ecology, Natural sciences A theory involving natural selection based on quantity.

Related terms
K-selection, r/K selection theory

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.