Scientists studied deer for 18 years in abandoned New York farm fields; 280,674 seedlings revealed how browsing could delay forest recovery |
A long-term experiment near Ithaca, New York, has found that white-tailed deer increased the diversity of seeds germinated from the soil and reduced the abundance of woody plants aboveground. According to a study published in PubMed, titled ‘Deer impact seedbanks and plant communities over 18 years of post-agricultural succession’, the deer exclusion experiment began in…
