Darwinian Demons - Audio

Darwinian Demons - Audio

The Open University

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Is 'natural selection' inimical to bio-diversity? Why is the natural world not dominated by a few 'super' species? And in the future, can the richness of nature be preserved? In this album, Jonathan Silvertown, Professor of Ecology at The Open University, explains how Darwinian theory uses the concept of niche specialisation to account for the diversity of flora and fauna on Earth. If it were not for environmental niches, Darwinian 'demons', migh...Read More
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Darwinian demons

09 Nov 2009 | 01 min 11 secs

Darwinian demons

09 Nov 2009 | 01 min 11 secs

Ecology and evolution

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 40 secs

Ecology and evolutio...

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 40 secs

Darwin's niches

09 Nov 2009 | 09 mins 11 secs

Darwin's niches

09 Nov 2009 | 09 mins 11 secs

How demons self destruct

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 30 secs

How demons self dest...

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 30 secs

Darwinian demons

09 Nov 2009 | 01 min 11 secs

Darwinian demons

09 Nov 2009 | 01 min 11 secs

Ecology and evolution

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 40 secs

Ecology and evolutio...

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 40 secs

How demons self destruct

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 30 secs

How demons self dest...

09 Nov 2009 | 05 mins 30 secs