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Past, Present, and Future | How Fame Changed MacArthur’s Warblers

Author
National Park Service
Published
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Episode Link
https://www.nps.gov/podcasts/sea-to-trees.htm#episode-4DED46C4-07C3-0A6C-3A7B24921744A8B5

In 1956, Robert MacArthur sat in a spruce-fir forest of Acadia National Park and tried to understand the truth behind warbler diversity. How could there be so many different species coexisting, when theory seeks to crown “one warbler to rule them all?” Learn about MacArthur’s study, how it changed the field of ecology, and the scientists revisiting his work over half a century later on Season 3 Episode 2 of Sea to Trees.

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