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Why wouldn't non-native species also be adapted for fire?
by jonnycomputer 3y ago
Why wouldn't non-native species also be adapted for fire?
- exabrial 3y agoThey’re not from there and there’s no evolutionary pressure to maintain traits that they don’t experience in their home habit.
- jonnycomputer 3y agoIf they are occupying the same environment then the same argument applies to native species no longer regularly exposed to fire. But unless its being actively selected against, then it disappearing through random drift alone would, I'd think, be a pretty slow process, even by evolutionary timescales.