Birds and Trees Conspire Against Each Other

Birds and Trees Conspire Against Each Other

Constant Wonder - Season 1, Episode 23 , Segment 1

S1 E23: Nature Conspiracies

Episode: S1 E23: Nature Conspiracies

  • Jan 25, 2022 7:00 am
  • 31:08 mins

There's a symbiotic, but competitive, relationship between birds and trees. Trees communicate with each other—possibly through fungus—to throw off birds and squirrels that might otherwise decimate their seeds. But climate change can throw off this whole system. Guest: Bryant Olsen, conservation ecologist at Tracy Aviary