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> The grove of 47,000 quivering aspen trees in Utah is being diminished by mule deer, foraging cattle and human mismanagement. any forest would eventually die
by xj9 8y ago
> The grove of 47,000 quivering aspen trees in Utah is being diminished by mule deer, foraging cattle and human mismanagement.
any forest would eventually die off under these conditions. it has little to do with Pando being one organism or many.
- jessaustin 8y agoSome forests would have access to evolution via natural selection, but this forest does not. One possible result of selection would be to favor variants that had more bitter compounds in new leaves, to discourage browsing.
- chc 8y agoAnd yet those forests with access to natural selection are also destroyed by human agriculture.
- AnarchoYeasty 8y agoYeah evolution doesn't happen that quickly or effectively.