News Headline

It's good to be rare, for some species

Source
EurekAlert

Publication Date
2017-12-06

When most people think of rare species, they think of endangered ones that humans have caused to be rare through habitat loss, poaching, climate change and other disturbances. But some species have always been rare -- occurring in small densities throughout their range -- throughout their evolutionary history. Yet little is known about the traits that allow for them to be chronically rare and stay rare for long periods of time.

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https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc--igt120517.php