Animals
Extinction Of Large Herbivores May Explain Modern-Day Wildfires, Researchers Say
"Large herbivores are not merely victims of the circumstances they live in, but actively engineer their environment," said Liesbeth Bakker, lead author of the study from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology.
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