Here's a *very* interesting story on the human-assembled ecosystems of Ascension Island in the tropical South Atlantic: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/on_a_remote_island_lessons__in_how_ecosystems_function/2683/
I suspect that further research here may challenge our ideas regarding community assembly. ================================ Richard L. Boyce, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Science Program Professor Department of Biological Sciences, SC 150 Northern Kentucky University Nunn Drive Highland Heights, KY 41099 USA 859-572-1407 (tel.) 859-572-5639 (fax) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.nku.edu/~boycer/ ================================= "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." - A.A. Milne
