Horses, camels and deer get a bad rap for razing plants – but our new research shows they’re no worse than native animals
- Written by Erick Lundgren, Adjunct Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
Large introduced herbivores such as feral horses and camels are often seen as “invasive” species which damage native plants.
My colleagues and I published new research in Science testing this assumption and found it isn’t true. Instead, both native and introduced species of plant-eating megafauna (weighing over 45 kilos) have...
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