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Organization plans to restore bison-driven ecosystem to Montana

January 20, 2023

A Montana nonprofit organization is importing bison on land it has purchased with the goal of restoring the natural ecosystem that the creatures once engineered in the region. The nonprofit, American Prairie, formed about two …

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The synergistic relationship between bats and prairie dogs

August 9, 2021

Large numbers of bats hunt around black-tailed prairie dog colonies, and some may even use abandoned burrows as day roosts, recent sound surveys have revealed. Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are well-known ecosystem engineers. They …

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Beavers create fire-resistant forest patches

October 9, 2020

They chew down trees, dam up waterways and build wetland ecosystems that benefit a host of other species. Now, new research shows that beavers’ ecosystem engineering might have another benefit — it could build resilience …

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Ecosystem engineers buffer animals from extinction

July 27, 2020

Species like beavers and elephants that engineer and change the ecosystems around them could help save other species from extinction. A new study may be the first to quantify the effect that organisms whose impact …

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Translocating pesky squirrels can help declining owls

January 14, 2020

One person’s annoyance can be a declining species’ treasure. Wildlife managers are putting squirrels that are a nuisance to ranchers and other landowners to work in engineering ecosystems where burrowing owls can thrive. “When we …

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