Deutsch: Adaptive Radiation / Español: Radiación Adaptativa / Português: Radiação Adaptativa / Français: Radiation Adaptative / Italiano: Radiazione Adattativa /

Adaptive radiation is the process in which numerous new species evolve to fill vacant and new ecological niches in changed environments, usually after a mass extinction. Typically, this process takes millions of years.

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