Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help address climate emergency | Control of red deer by wolves could lead to an expansion of native woodland that would take up - or sequester - one million tonnes of CO2 each year - equivalent to approximately 5% of the carbon removal
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Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help address climate emergency
Reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could lead to an expansion of native woodland which could take in and store one million tonnes of CO2 annually, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Leeds.
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Deer prevent forests from regrowing on abandoned farmland by consuming saplings and depleting the "seedbank" in the soil, an 18-year Cornell study finds. But while high deer density halts reforestation, it unexpectedly boosts overall plant diversity by preventing dominant weeds from taking over.
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Deer impact seedbanks and plant communities over 18 years of post-agricultural succession
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are known to alter the composition of plant communities and the course of secondary succession. We present 18 years of data from a long-term deer exclosure experiment near Ithaca, NY, USA, to evaluate seedbank dynamics…
Grasslands and wetlands are vanishing nearly 4 times faster than forests, a 15-year global study reveals. Driven by agricultural demand for meat and crops, this rapid loss threatens overlooked ecosystems that store up to 35% of the world's carbon and host 33% of global biodiversity hotspots.
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Overlooked and overexploited: Extensive conversion of grasslands and wetlands driven by global food, feed, and bioenergy demand
Natural ecosystems are increasingly threatened by global agricultural supply chains, and a narrow policy focus on forests has fueled agricultural e...
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