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Author: Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, Reece

Publisher: PEARSON C

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WHAT IF? → Changes in Earth's climate at the end of the last ice age happened gradually, taking centuries to thousands of years. If the current global warming happens very quickly, as predicted, how may this rapid climate change affect the evolution of long-lived trees compared with that of annual plants, which have much shorter generation times?

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Solution Summary: The author explains the comparative effect of a rapid global warming on the evolution of long-lived trees and the annual plants.

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