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Climate change is making it harder for plants to spread seeds via animals

Dr. Amy Angert gave comments in a CTV News article about how climate change is affecting seed dispersal: Climate change is making it harder for plants to spread seeds via animals
 

"Blueberries and salmon berries, all the things you can think about in the understory, those rely on mammals and birds. Climate change is shifting where those suitable habitats are…and that means that plans will need to move really fast and far to keep up with that."