Environmental Factors Regulating Microdifferentiation
Factors effecting intraspecific variation can be linked to environmental pressures such as climate, terrain, resources, and predatory pressures. These factors are examples of morphological (sharing resources), spacial (terrirory, region, etc.), and, temporal (time of day, year, etc.)
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