Species sorting is a mechanism in the metacommunity framework of ecology whereby species distributions and abundances can be related to the environmental or biotic conditions in a particular habitat. The species sorting paradigm[1] describes a system of habitat patches with different environmental conditions that organisms can move between. Species are able to disperse to patches with suitable environmental conditions, resulting in patterns where environmental conditions can predict the species found in a particular habitat.[2]

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  1. ↑ Leibold, M. A.; Holyoak, M.; Mouquet, N.; Amarasekare, P.; Chase, J. M.; Hoopes, M. F.; Holt, R. D.; Shurin, J. B.; Law, R. (2004-06-04). "The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi-scale community ecology". Ecology Letters. 7 (7): 601–613. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00608.x. ISSN 1461-023X.
  2. ↑ Székely, A.J.; Langenheder, S. (2013). "The importance of species sorting differs between habitat generalists and specialists in bacterial communities". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 87 (1): 102–112. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12195. PMID 23991811.
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