Lifate tsa Mammoth, Li-Champs of the Ecosystem

Ka DOUGLAS M. MAIN

 

Ho bohlokoa ho hlompha baholo ba hau, bana baa hopotsoa. Ho bonahala eka sena se ea lifate, hape.

 

Lifate tse kholo, tsa khale li laola meru e mengata lefats'eng ka bophara 'me li bapala litšebeletso tsa bohlokoa tsa tikoloho tse sa bonahaleng hang-hang, joalo ka ho fana ka bolulo bakeng sa mefuta e mengata ea lintho tse phelang, ho tloha ho li-fungus ho ea ho li-woodpeckers.

 

Har'a likarolo tse ling tse ngata tsa bohlokoa, li-oldsters li boetse li boloka carbon e ngata. Sebakeng sa lipatlisiso sebakeng sa California's Yosemite National Park, lifate tse kholo (tse nang le bophara bo boholo ho feta maoto a mararo bophahamong ba sefuba) li nka karolo ea 1 lekholong feela ea lifate empa li boloka halofo ea biomass ea sebaka seo, ho ea ka phuputso e hatisitsoeng bekeng ena ho PLoS ONE. .

 

Ho bala sengoloa se felletseng se hatisitsoeng ho New York Times, tlanya mona.