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RE: What I learnt Last Week 25: Speed-Crops, Jamaican Invasion, The Tiniest Rainbow, Suffocating Oceans & Chinese Moonsects!

in #science7 years ago

Admittedly I only read the Kill the Winner theory briefly as a side, and though it does explain in part diversity that otherwise shouldn't be there, I'm sure you're right it doesn't apply to all, it's merely opportunistic for the underdogs

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Oh, yeah, definitely- and my objections also only apply in the very short term. (Century scale and less. Anything longer is plenty of time to adapt to any but the most destructive invasive species- humanity, or grass in the late Cretaceous.)