In unpredictable environments, organisms tend to have fast development, many offspring, and offspring with few defenses {r-selection} {r selection} {opportunistic selection}, so population can increase in favorable periods. Unpredictable environments have fewer species. In predictable environments, organisms tend to have slower development, few offspring, and offspring with defenses {k-selection} {K selection}, so population is stable. Predictable environments have more species {selection, evolution}.
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