Too Much Deer Pee Changing Northern Forests

Collapse
X
Collapse
 

  • wa3zrm
    started a blog post Too Much Deer Pee Changing Northern Forests

    Too Much Deer Pee Changing Northern Forests

    Originally posted by wa3zrm
    The booming deer population in the northern United States is bad for the animal's beloved hemlocks, a new study finds. During Michigan winters, white-tailed deer converge on stands of young hemlocks for protection from winter chill and predators. The same deer return every year to their favorite clumps of the bushy evergreens, called deeryards. The high concentration of deer in a small space saturates the soils with nitrogen from pee, according to a study published online in the journal Ecology. While deer pee can be a valuable source of nitrogen, a rare and necessary nutrient for plants, some deeryards are now too rich for the hemlocks to grow.
    (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


      You must be logged in to post a comment.

    Related Topics

    Collapse

    Working...
    X