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Ecological trap
Organisms & populations
A habitat or environmental condition that organisms preferentially select despite producing lower survival or reproductive success than other available conditions. An ecological trap differs from a sink because a trap involves maladaptive habitat selection, whereas a sink is defined by demographic performance.
Robertson, B. A., & Hutto, R. L. (2006). A framework for understanding ecological traps and an evaluation of existing evidence. Ecology, 87(5), 1075–1085.
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