Evolution on the smallest of scales smooths out the patchwork patterns of where plants and animals live
Local adaptation allows plants and animals to thrive in a diversity of places. Sometimes adaptation sharpens patterns of where organisms live, but 85% of the time, it creates a more homogeneous world.
Mark C. Urban, Director, Center of Biological Risk; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut •
conversation
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~10 min
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~10 min
evolution environment ecology trees forests charles-darwin adaptation
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