Allopatric speciation, adaptive radiation, convergent evolution, succession and extinction risk

What this note covers

1. Allopatric speciation begins with geographic separation
2. Divergent evolution and adaptive radiation share ancestry
3. Convergent evolution produces analogous similarities
4. Succession changes communities after disturbance
5. Low genetic diversity raises extinction risk
6. Human pressures and biodiversity decisions have long consequences
7. Testing a proposed allopatric-speciation sequence against the evidence
8. Evaluating a biodiversity intervention across several biological mechanisms

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