Richard Shine
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"Richard Shine" AM FAA is an Australian evolutionary biologist and ecologist; he has conducted extensive research on reptiles and amphibians, and proposed a novel mechanism for evolutionary change. He is currently a Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney, and a [http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/laureate/laureate_default.htm Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council].

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Sure enough, there was a pattern.

We don't know what effect it may have to remove so many top predators from a complex tropical ecosystem, but it's likely to be bad news.

We find that toads with longer legs can not only move faster and are the first to arrive in new areas, but also that those at the front have longer legs than toads in older populations.

Invasive species are a nice model.

It was just like an invasion in a science fiction movie.