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Do birds spread seeds of potentially invasive trees?
Watching birds foraging in trees
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Graduate student and IGERT trainee Clare Aslan watches birds foraging for fruit in native and non-native trees. Aslan’s research indicates that birds and non-native trees have formed novel mutualisms that may result in the future spread of undesirable tree species.
Credits: Courtesy of Clare Aslan, UC Davis