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Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species' range
- June 25, 2018
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What stops a species adapting to an ever-wider range of conditions, continuously expanding its geographic range? A biomathematician now explains the formation of species' range margins. The theory shows that just two compound parameters, important for both ecology and evolution of species, are fundamental to the stability of their range: the environmental heterogeneity and the size of the local population.
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Unkown User, "Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species' range", MachPrinciple, June 25, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Is-the-sky-the-limit-On-the-expansion-threshold-of-a-species-range
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