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Why Are Certain Years Masting Years?
When you have a masty year, the next year you have a lot of mice. The ticks that carry line disease can thrive and then later on, efect tes. A lot of theories link this to climate. But there's also a related question about the timing. Why are certain years masting years? One i like here is this one where the trees are almost like predicting the weather the future,. And setting out a lot of seeds ahead of that.
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