Thursday, December 27, 2018

Trees' 'enemies' help tropical forests maintain their biodiversity

Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering diversity of trees without having a handful of species take over -- or having many other species die out. The answer, researchers say, lies in the soil found near individual trees, where natural 'enemies' of tree species reside.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2ESaVYS

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Claude Fable 5 AI finds a tiny formula that topples an 87-year-old math conjecture

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