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Created: 2026-03-26T09:53:06

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Allee effect  

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  • Information Causal positive relationship between the number of individuals in a population and their fitness. The more individuals there are (up to a point), the better they fare.

    Created: 3/26/26

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  • For "depensation" see c_2a024558. The term “depensation” is mostly used in fisheries but is generally referred to in conservation science as Allee effect, positive density dependence, under-crowding, etc. The Allee effect is a causal positive relationship between the number of individuals in a population and their fitness. The more individuals there are (up to a point), the better they fare. (en)

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