It's always been fascinating to me that a species could have outsize success not because it's had a long time to adapt to its environment, but rather specifically because it has NOT been part of its environment for long. It's very counter-intuitive on the face of it.
One obvious advantage of being transplanted to a new environment is that predators and parasites will not necessarily be "interested" in you - are there other advantages that an invasive species can have when entering a new environment?
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It's always been fascinating to me that a species could have outsize success not because it's had a long time to adapt to its environment, but rather specifically because it has NOT been part of its environment for long. It's very counter-intuitive on the face of it.
One obvious advantage of being transplanted to a new environment is that predators and parasites will not necessarily be "interested" in you - are there other advantages that an invasive species can have when entering a new environment?
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