Jurien Bay Shrubland (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Jurien Bay Shrubland

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Tropical forests are home to about 50 percent of all the Earth's plant species. The Jurien Bay shrublands in Australia are another area of very high plant diversity. What do comparing these two, very different environments tell us about plant innovation?

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Francois Teste

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