Ngu-DOUGLAS M. MAIN
Kubalulekile ukubahlonipha abantu abadala, abantwana bayakhunjuzwa. Kubonakala ngathi oku kuya kwimithi, nayo.
Imithi emikhulu, emidala ilawula amahlathi amaninzi kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye idlala iinkonzo ezibalulekileyo zezendalo ezingabonakali ngokukhawuleza, njengokubonelela ngeendawo zokuhlala kuluhlu olubanzi lwezinto eziphilayo, ukusuka kumngundo ukuya kwiziqokobhe.
Phakathi kwezinye iindima zabo ezininzi ezixabisekileyo, ii-oldsters nazo zigcina i-carbon eninzi. Kwiplani yophando e-Yosemite National Park yaseCalifornia, imithi emikhulu (leyo inobubanzi obungaphezulu kweenyawo ezintathu ukuphakama kwesifuba) ithatha ipesenti enye kuphela yemithi kodwa igcina isiqingatha se-biomass yendawo, ngokophando olupapashwe kule veki kwi-PLoS ONE .
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