Clancey et al. study how the interactions between selection, phenotype-dependent dispersal, and mate preference drive microgeographic divergence. They pair models with empirical data using the island scrub-jay. Now available for free ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/727723
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Perhaps because too-rapid climate change is becoming an increasingly obvious financial burden? Prof. Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School discusses one aspect of that: insurance premiums going through the roof.
#ClimateChangeEconomics
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/climate-change-homeowners-insurance-housing-market.html?unlocked_article_code=9jxIIhaF8WevasGJT8tPVSa47600Wd6ffC6L33w_LPQfl8hUUz1g1qTXfzbGTArE4dDoeVJ_ZX2hwXPUsh3s_SCePsruVLGCaYK6NJYuRch0EP4csNiW4_OhKR3dnImBMjgy1mxm1pmDPsLyW-pwUmkMXBqmHYF0g6IHzAeEksom7Xp928MxGWDQ2ISjh_O2h6EwSDeK79OSt7cJNy1DGBB2lyeViOxnQGYjwtaTG1x7KMhwjIn_b_kVEMhScWq9PhGr9ASl77lpYhZAcTmlGDkifHnvR35LBPEXDdlRl0LxtXg6nk30u1r7IFKMa6fi-hCKUih7rNrSsrznqCbNUXNwc7334ccNTrG4SbYbAF9a-r_HSLFSh4H_YrQ&smid=url-share
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