Older trees help to protect an endangered species (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

Older trees help to protect an endangered species

Caption

The longest-lived trees in the Pyrenees facilitate the survival of wolf lichen, a species threatened throughout Europe.

Credit

Ot Pasques - University of Barcelona

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