Jays Feeding on Piñon Pine Seeds (IMAGE)

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)

Jays Feeding on Piñon Pine Seeds

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To find out if noise affected the number of piñon pine seeds that animals ate, the researchers scattered piñon pine seeds underneath piñon pine trees in noisy and quiet sites, using a motion-triggered camera to figure out what animals took the seeds.

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Photo courtesy of Clinton Francis.

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