Climate Change May Melt the “Freezers” of Pygmy Owls and Reduce Their Overwinter Survival

ENN
Aug 5, 2020, 10:53 am127 pts
Ecologists at the University of Turku, Finland, have discovered that the food hoards pygmy owls collect in nest-boxes ("freezers") for winter rot due to high precipitation caused by heavy autumn rains and if the hoarding has been initiated early in the autumn.

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