Binghamton University: Range Expansion - How Climate Change Impacts West Coast Oak Savannas
BINGHAMTON, New York, Aug. 11 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news:
Side by side, Dylan Jones displayed photos of two oak leaves, plucked from oak savannas on the West Coast.
One, healthy and green, dotted by the occasional gall, a structure made by a herbivorous species of oak gall wasp. The other leaf was yellowed and tattered, the victim of an insect population without predatory checks and balances. Climate change has led to warming temperature . . .
Side by side, Dylan Jones displayed photos of two oak leaves, plucked from oak savannas on the West Coast.
One, healthy and green, dotted by the occasional gall, a structure made by a herbivorous species of oak gall wasp. The other leaf was yellowed and tattered, the victim of an insect population without predatory checks and balances. Climate change has led to warming temperature . . .