The most relevant and interesting questions here are related more to what
this phenomenon can tell us rather than what it cannot tell us--entirely
apart from the quality, for the worse or for the better, of the writing of
this particular article. I only know that it was news to me--no doubt many
others already knew all about Ascension Island's flora and fauna.
WT
PS: So what happens when an assemblage of organisms is tossed together? How
long and it what ways did it take for relationships to form, given that
survival and reproduction make the important calls? Where is a list of the
species and their origins, and what kind of evolution has taken place, if
any? Genetics?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Boyce" <boy...@nku.edu>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:01 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Human-assembled ecosystem
Here's a *very* interesting story on the human-assembled ecosystems of
Ascension Island in the tropical South Atlantic:
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/on_a_remote_island_lessons__in_how_ecosystems_function/2683/
I suspect that further research here may challenge our ideas regarding
community assembly.
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