Raining Cats and Dogs: Research Finds Global Precipitation Patterns a Driver for Animal Diversity
October 24, 2023
October 24, 2023
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 24 -- Utah State University issued the following news:
Since the HMS Beagle arrived in the Galapagos with Charles Darwin to meet a fateful family of finches, ecologists have struggled to understand a particularly perplexing question: Why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on earth and a scarcity in others? What factors, exactly, drive animal diversity?
With access to a mammoth set of global-scale climate data and a novel strategy, a . . .
Since the HMS Beagle arrived in the Galapagos with Charles Darwin to meet a fateful family of finches, ecologists have struggled to understand a particularly perplexing question: Why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on earth and a scarcity in others? What factors, exactly, drive animal diversity?
With access to a mammoth set of global-scale climate data and a novel strategy, a . . .