From Global:
But climate change has also been at work in the forests. Slowly warming temperatures have greatly expanded the range in which whitetail deer can thrive.
“Climate is spreading the envelope of where deer can establish themselves,” said Dickie, senior caribou ecologist for the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute.
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I’m not buying that at all.
I say there is more deer in the north now because more farmland is being opened up in the north.
I thought climate change was all about extreme weather. NW Alberta had -48 for 4 days straight during that 2 week cold stretch. It has been warmer the last 5-6 years and wow we have gotten hit within freezing rain like never before. I’m not buying climate change is lowering deer mortality.
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