Evolutionary ecology: Islands within islands.

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Deep sinkhole forests shelter rare trees from climate stress but strand them in severe isolation. A new study of a karst magnolia shows interior populations lose genetic diversity and accumulate harmful mutations, suggesting climate refuges may also become evolutionary traps.

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