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Beaver Beacon summarizes research on islands as engines of evolution, 2005

Also Island Evolution Beaver Beacon 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005-12
ErasModern era
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Date
2005-12
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Modern era
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Summary

The December 2005 Beaver Beacon summarized research associated with Christopher E. Filardi and Robert Moyle that challenged the idea of islands as evolutionary dead ends. The item said dispersal among islands can produce new species and emphasized conserving island biodiversity.

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This is a short newspaper science feature, not the underlying research paper or a study of Beaver Island specifically.

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  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "Island Evolution?"
    Summarizes Christopher E. Filardi and Robert Moyle's reported evidence that island-to-island dispersal can produce new species and that island biodiversity conservation matters for future evolution. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the science feature.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon summarizes research on islands as engines of evolution, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-island-evolution-research-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "Island Evolution?" (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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