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Interesting article on assisted migration of redwoods. This idea is starting to catch on. I think the naysayers are a little too fearful—are there any documented negative effects of moving long-lived and slow to reproduce trees to areas that have a long history of biogeographic contact? I am not aware of any. Most invasive species are small, fast to reproduce, and introduced to radically distant ecosystems.

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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Haha I don’t think you can apply that universally. That said, it may be a bit questionable whether redwoods are even threatened by climate change.

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