Richard Shine
Richard Shine
Richard Shine AM FAAis an Australian evolutionary biologist and ecologist; he has conducted extensive research on reptiles and amphibians, and proposed a novel mechanism for evolutionary change. He is currently a Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney, and a Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council...
adaptive changes invader likely suit
It's likely that such lags reflect, at least in part, adaptive changes in the invader to suit it to the new environment.
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It was just like an invasion in a science fiction movie.
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We find that toads with longer legs can not only move faster and are the first to arrive in new areas, but also that those at the front have longer legs than toads in older populations.