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Just the smell of lynx can reduce deer browsing damage in recovering forests
- January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree saplings. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, offer a potential tool for forest recovery and highlight the important role large predators play.
Originally published at Phys.org