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the individual's capacity to survive in his time and place; the component of life in which the individual is most in contact with forces beyond his control and comprehension.
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| adaptive radiation |
relatively rapid diversification and expansion of an evolving group of organisms as they adapt to new niches
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| adaptive radiation |
The formation of many new species following the availability of new environments or the development of a new adaptation.
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| adaptive radiation |
The evolution and spreading out of related species into new niches.
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| adaptive radiation |
The rapid diversification of a group of species into various habitats over a relatively short period of geological time. However, the term is often used as a synonym for any large monophyletic group of taxa.
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