Wildlife
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- An undated satellite photo shows clearings in the Savannah River Site National Environmental Research Park in South Carolina where University of Florida researchers have conducted several experiments on the effects of wildlife corridors. In the most recent, to be reported July 1 in the journal Science, they found that bluebirds, which eat berries, transfer more seeds in their droppings between habitats connected by corridors than between those that are unconnected. That suggests the greenways that many urban and rural communities have spent public dollars to preserve in recent decades not only help animals but also plants.
(Photo courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service)
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