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Noble fir trees grow in the mountains of Washington State and can live for almost 1,000 years!


Where Have All the Browsers Gone?


Where Have All the Browsers Gone?
New research indicates that the decline in browser species (species that eat leaves off trees) over the last 20 million years has been gradual and stemmed from a number of causes. One of the primary causes is thought to be a decline in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, which led to the death of many of the tree species that browsers grazed on.
5 NOVEMBER 1999, P. 1071-1073
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5 NOVEMBER 1999, P. 1071-1073

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