Nature's gamblers /

We resoundingly applaud life strategies that neatly exploit a particular evolutionary strength but forget that such risks can make an animal or plant vulnerable. Will life that has become so specialised and attuned to a particular ecological niche be able to adapt again to a changing world or will i...

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Other Authors: Lovering, Matthew (Producer), Veitch, Michael, 1962- (Narrator)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Sydney, New South Wales : ABC Commercial, 1992.
Series:Australasian video online
Australia wild ; Series 1, Episode 8
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Summary:We resoundingly applaud life strategies that neatly exploit a particular evolutionary strength but forget that such risks can make an animal or plant vulnerable. Will life that has become so specialised and attuned to a particular ecological niche be able to adapt again to a changing world or will it evolve itself into extinction? What is the price of such specialisation when we see the past littered with many such failed 'success' stories?
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 10, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (26 min.).
Playing Time:00:26:38
Language:In English.