Just as the Galapagos Islands is a unique biological ecosystem evolved in the absence of continental species, gongkai is a unique innovation ecosystem evolved with little western influence, thanks to political, language, and cultural isolation.

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Now scientists have described a group of continental, rather than island, bird species that seem to be in the process of forming new species.

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The authors say warmer weather spreading north-westwards from continental Europe will extend the range of many species.

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