Evolution-In-Action: The Campus Juncos at UC San Diego
In contrast to the peaceful wildlands featured in the prior segments, the urban campus of the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) seems like an unlikely place to find field biologists studying juncos. But in the early 1980s, some juncos decided to make this atypical urban and coastal habitat their year-round home. Since then, scientists have documented a remarkable array of changes in the physical traits, behaviors, and physiology of the colonist population of juncos at UCSD when compared to juncos from the nearby native range. Part of Ordinary Extraordinary Junco (Chapter 6).
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Runtime: 15 minutes 54 seconds
- Topic: Science
- Subtopic: Animal Behavior, Birds, Science Experiments, Science Methods
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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- Release Year: 2012
- Producer/Distributor: Department Of Biology, Indiana University
- Series: Ordinary Extraordinary Junco
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