Tropical Forest Canopy (IMAGE)

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Tropical Forest Canopy

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This image shows a tropical forest tree canopy, Barro Colorado island, Panama. High biodiversity tropical forest may be the result of a struggle between plants, the diseases that infect them, and the insects and animals that eat them. Parker et al., by proposing that the degree of genetic relationship between plant community members affects the outcome of disease outbreaks, come one step closer to a model that predicts disease outcomes.

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