Models of ecological communities that incorporate mutation and spatial dispersal can yield results that go some way to explaining observations. A further step is to add sexual reproduction to the mix.
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Banavar, J., Maritan, A. Towards a theory of biodiversity. Nature 460, 334–335 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460334a
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