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April 10, 2015

Ecological flash mobs
Davis CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2015
How does an acorn know to fall when the other acorns do? What triggers insects, or disease, to suddenly break out over large areas? Why do fruit trees have boom and bust years? The question of what generates such synchronous, ecological "flash mobs" over long distances has long perplexed population ecologists. Part of the answer has to do with something seemingly unrelated: what makes a magnet a magnet. A study by scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that the same mathema ... read more

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