A Blackcap Eating Dogwood Fruits (IMAGE)

University of Exeter

A Blackcap Eating Dogwood Fruits

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A blackcap eating dogwood fruits. Dogwoods have a short fruiting period in autumn, when blackcaps migrate southwards. Thus, migratory blackcaps have the potential to disperse dogwood seeds at long distances, not to cooler, but to warmer latitudes.

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Luis Ojembarrena

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