Their dietary habits allow for greater storage by giving large trees room to grow
Elephants’ preference for tasty leaves and large sweet fruits is helping mitigate global warming, according to new research that shows the importance of protecting the mega-herbivores from extinction.
Asian and African elephants like to eat from small, leafy trees, leaving larger trees more space to grow. The latter absorb and store more planet-warming carbon dioxide and, as a result, forests with elephants hold more carbon than forests without them, according to a study published at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ecology on Monday. ..
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