Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?

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"Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?" is a classic 1959 essay by ecologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson that explores the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying the great diversity of animal species.

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instanceOf ecology paper
scientific essay
addressesQuestion Why are there so many kinds of animals?
author G. Evelyn Hutchinson
dedicatedTo Saint Rosalia
discusses coexistence of competing species
mathematical approaches to ecological problems
role of environmental heterogeneity in diversity
explores ecological mechanisms underlying species diversity
evolutionary mechanisms underlying species diversity
field ecology
evolutionary biology
focusesOn animal species diversity
genre scientific literature
hasAuthorOccupation ecologist
hasImpact shaped later research on species coexistence
widely cited in ecological literature
influencedField community ecology
theoretical ecology
isConsidered classic work in ecology
foundational paper on species diversity
language English
mainTopic ecological niches
mechanisms of biodiversity
species diversity
publicationYear 1959
usesConcept limiting similarity
niche theory
resource partitioning

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G. Evelyn Hutchinson notableWork Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?