Balance of nature: ants fertilize trees they live on (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, September 01, 2017, 15:07 (2640 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: A new study demonstrates this:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170830202144.htm

David’s comment: The balance of nature can be seen in many different ways.

dhw: Yes, indeed. All forms of life have always depended on some sort of balance, and the balance is constantly shifting, which is why some species have survived and others have died out in the long history of the higgledy-piggledy bush. Thank you for this beautiful illustration of Margulis’s contention that evolution depends on cooperation as well as (if not more than) competition.

This is why I question the significance of competition for survival as a major factor.