Species spread in spurts—and here's why

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 07:31 in Biology & Nature

When plants and animals move into new spaces they often do so by fits and starts, with lots of progress one year and less—or even a loss of ground—the next. Conventional wisdom attributes this pattern to variations in the environment in which they're immersed—changes in terrain or weather or the presence of other species that aid or inhibit them.

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