The age of species in these ecosystems is predicted by these ecosystems’ namesake progression rule. Franz Nopcsa (NOPE-chah) pioneered the paleontological study of these ecosystems through investigations of fossils from a prehistoric one of these ecosystems near Hatzeg. In one model, the species richness of these ecosystems depends on the rates of extinction and (*) colonization. The frequent lack of predators in these ecosystems may lead to organisms developing these ecosystems’ namesake tameness via the loss of fear, while many organisms in these ecosystems become much smaller or larger in these ecosystems’ namesake dwarfism or gigantism. The biogeography of these ecosystems was studied by Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson. For 10 points, a collection of what type of isolating ecosystem caused the extreme diversification of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos? ■END■
ANSWER: islands [or isles; or archipelagos; or island biogeography; or insular biogeography; or island progression rule; or island dwarfism; or island gigantism; or Hatzeg Island; or Galápagos Islands; prompt on fragmented habitats or similar]
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