Daniel Phillip Svozil

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How can we class or describe the ways that an organism adapts to a novel environment?

We know that an organism or species can adapt to environmental change or a novel environment. But this can happen due to one or a combination of several adaptive mechanisms. What are these...

12 February 2014 1,711 13 View

Are there any examples of river adapted fish (or other taxa) that have established in lake type ecosystems?

I am looking for examples of species that have been known as specialists in a particular ecosystem or niche type (e.g. fish that has evolved life history for a lotic or river environment) and has...

12 February 2014 5,984 12 View

How can genetic variation be adaptive in and of itself?

Lande (1988) speaks of a view, promoted by Soule and Simberloff (1986), and in Soule and Wilcox (1980), that "genetic variation can be adaptive in and of itself". Can anybody clarify what this...

06 February 2014 5,424 3 View

Is there a name for the phenomenon of a species establishing a self-sustaining population in a place where they normally wouldn't?

I'm currently starting to work on a literature review of issues that prevent the recovery of threatened fish species and their populations. One particular subject that has been brought to my...

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