Research by Oregon State University biologists suggests that toxic air stemming from wildfires won’t necessarily prompt animals to flee in search of better breathing conditions.
Research by Oregon State University biologists suggests that toxic air stemming from wildfires won’t necessarily prompt animals to flee in search of better breathing conditions.
The study of American robins led by OSU’s Jamie Cornelius is one of the few to examine how wildfire smoke, an increasingly common phenomenon as annual fire seasons become longer and more intense, affects animal behavior.
Published in Integrative and Comparative Biology, the paper also presents a “stay, shift, go” framework for characterizing how wildlife species respond to smoky conditions.
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American Robin (Photo Credit: Alex Jahn)
