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Evolution on the smallest of scales smooths out the patchwork patterns of where plants and animals live

  • Written by Mark C. Urban, Director, Center of Biological Risk; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
imageIn the Pacific Northwest, even though there are huge variations in environment, the Douglas fir grows everywhere.NASA/NOAA

The Douglas fir is a tall iconic pine tree in Western North America forming a forest that winds unbroken from the Western spine of British Columbia all the way to the Mexican cordillera. The environmental conditions of Canada...

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