In drought and heavy rains, ecosystems function like information communication networks

In drought and heavy rains, ecosystems function like information communication networks

Scientists studied ecosystem connectivity at Idaho's Reynolds Creek CZO.

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How is a telecommunications network like an ecosystem?

Tree canopies and the running streams below, or coral reefs and the ocean waters that flow around them, are interconnected components of a larger whole: an ecosystem. These ecosystem parts are in communication with one another, scientists have learned, via signals ...

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Published August 27, 2018 at 08:00PM
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