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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

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But the crop-free plantings have had another effect, Farquhar explained. Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. land, with cropland expanding by 1 million acres per year, fueling habitat loss for wildlife and mammals.

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