Ecologist examines deer diet and its impact on invasive plants

Posted by KristenM on March 23rd, 2010

– Produced by John Barrat, for Smithsonianscience.org

 

Posted in Ecology, Invasive Species |
Tags: deer, field experiment, plants

1 Comments so far ↓

1. Julius Flores says:

   November 9, 2010 at 9:39 am

   I don’t think deer has something to do with it. Invasive plants are simply invasive because they made that way to survive.

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