Biology
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ISBN: 9780134813448
Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 17, Problem 4FIB
The process by which many new species arise in a relatively short period of time is known as ________ This process often occurs when a species arrives in a previously unoccupied _________.
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