EPISODE · Aug 19, 2019 · 7 MIN
The Efficiency Paradox: How Powerful Competitors Shape Ecosystems
from Three-Minute Egghead · host Andy Fell, UC Davis
Ecosystems dominated by high-powered competitors are more efficient at recycling nutrients than low-powered systems, argues UC Davis paleontologist Geerat Vermeij in a new paper. The idea ties together evolution and ecology, and explains how ecosystems may have evolved to become more efficient since life appeared on Earth.
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