...populations and allows species to adapt to environmental changes. Butterflies use rides as flight paths, while mammals follow these natural highways to find food, mates and new territories. Over the...
...send the leaf spiralling towards the ground. Without leaves, trees can enter dormancy to dramatically conserve their energy. They retain moisture within their woody tissues to prevent dehydration, whilst their...
...in the future – helps landowners and managers to implement the most effective tree protection measures. Mammal damage to trees and biodiversity Studies show that well-managed woodlands increase biodiversity value,...
...of winter, unable to tell one tree apart from the other without their leaves. I decided I wanted to develop my knowledge and enrolled on a course by a local...
...adapted to colonise bare ground. Both birch species are highly effective pioneer trees, often among the first to establish on cleared or disturbed land owing to their tolerance of nutrient-poor...
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