Nature's gamblers

Description

We resoundingly applaud life strategies that neatly exploit a particular evolutionary strength but forget that such risks can make an animal or plant vulnerable. Will life that has become so specialised and attuned to a particular ecological niche be able to adapt again to a changing world or will it evolve itself into extinction? What is the price of such specialisation when we see the past littered with many such failed 'success' stories?

Runtime

26 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

1992

Database

Alexander Street

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