The loss of biodiversity of birds and mammals from human-induced climate change has reduced the ability of plants to spread their seeds via animals, according to a new study., the study uses data from more than 400 networks of seed dispersal interactions between plants, birds and mammals to track the changes being seen by declines in animal populations due to climate change.
The American and Dutch researchers estimate that mammal and bird losses have reduced the capacity of plants to adapt to climate change by 60 per cent across the globe. “We’re losing animals, but we’re also losing what those animals are doing with their ecosystems,” lead study author Evan Fricke said. “When we lose those seed dispersers, we lose these … relationships between plants and animals that support how these ecosystems are functioning.”
To better understand how those networks are in decline, the study then compared maps of seed dispersal networks today with maps showing what dispersal networks would look like without human-caused extinction events or restrictions on how far species can range,"Some plants live hundreds of years, and their only chance to move is during the short period when they're a seed moving across the landscape," said Fricke in the release.
Thanks for great picture of chickadee as well ! One of my favourites at my Bird feeders!
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You forgot to say “experts say”
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