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News Release 13-093
Understanding Biodiversity Patterns in Nature: It Takes Two Fields--Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Study of salamanders in ponds demonstrates 'invisible finger of evolution'
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Spotted salamander: along with the marbled salamander, key to patterns of biodiversity.
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Scientist Mark Urban filters a tow net sample of zooplankton from a pond.
Credit: Daniel Buttrey
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The marbled salamander: top predator in here-today, gone-tomorrow ponds.
Credit: National Park Service
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A spotted salamander adult migrates to a temporary pond to breed.
Credit: Mark Urban
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Marbled salamander larva, patrolling the leaf litter in an ephemeral pond.
Credit: Nicole Freidenfelds
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Marbled salamanders shape the biological communities of temporary ponds.
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