A Paradox of Scales (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

A Paradox of Scales

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New research suggests that mechanisms operating over tiny scales are responsible for the global gradient in biodiversity. Shown here, riotously diverse canopy of Amazonian forest at Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru

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Jonathan Myers

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