Well-digging exploits of horses and donkeys benefit other desert species - study
A wild donkey digs a well in the Sonoran Desert, in the US. Photo: Erick Lundgren The ability of horses and donkeys to dig for water in dryland ecosystems can provide important benefits to other species, researchers have found. Erick Lundgren and his colleagues, in a study titled Equids engineer desert water availability, noted that large animals play important roles in the biosphere, yet little is known about how they shape dryland ecosystems. “We report on an overlooked form of ecosystem engineering by donkeys and horses,” they wrote in the journal Science. In the deserts of North Ame...
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