Finding strength in diversity
Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Altered or new environmental conditions, such as those brought about by climate change, impose challenges on living organisms. This can drive species to extinction if they fail to adapt or adjust their geographic distribution. Individual differences play a key role here, and it seems that less is not always more. A new study demonstrates that a higher degree of among individual variation is beneficial to populations and species.