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Elephants keep shaping the savanna even after death
Original: Elephants continue to shape the savanna even after death
New research highlighted by EurekAlert! shows that elephants continue to influence savanna ecosystems after they die. Elephant carcasses are described as important ecological hotspots, providing nutrients and resources that affect soil, plants and other animals long after the animal is gone. The findings add to growing appreciation of elephants' outsized role in maintaining African savanna habitats.
Why now: A newly published study on the ecological role of elephant carcasses is drawing attention.
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- Elephants continue to shape the savanna even after death · EurekAlert!
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