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Deer prevent forests from regrowing on abandoned farmland by consuming saplings and depleting the "seedbank" in the soil, an 18-year Cornell study finds. But while high deer density halts reforestation, it unexpectedly boosts overall plant diversity by preventing dominant weeds from taking over.

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Deer prevent forests from regrowing on abandoned farmland by consuming saplings and depleting the "seedbank" in the soil, an 18-year Cornell study finds. But while high deer density halts reforestation, it unexpectedly boosts overall plant diversity by preventing dominant weeds from taking over.
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