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Ecological Stability
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A long-standing debate concerns the relationship between species diversity (complexity) and system stability. Early theories proposed a positive correlation: the more species present, the greater the chance that functionally redundant species will buffer against the loss of any single component. This is known as the 'Insurance Hypothesis'.
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Heterogeneity
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Sociological and Statistical Contexts
In social sciences, heterogeneity refers to diversity in populations concerning demographic factors (age, ethnicity, income) or psychological traits (opinions, cognitive styles). Statistical tools like the Index of Dissimilarity are used to quantify this segregation.
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