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[–] 9 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

Fascinating. So in essence symbiotic systems are collapsing. But that's not to say that no Wildlife will be present just different Wildlife wouldn't it?

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  • [–] 8 points 5 hours ago

    Different but less diverse… really interesting find indeed! I would guess there would be exceptions and it definitely depends on the type of agricultural farmland you are considering

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  • [–] 1 point 3 minutes ago

    This makes sense, and a another good argument against monoculture farming.

    Anecdotally, we have friends in a inner suburb of Tokyo who say there's been a surge in Tanuki hanging around the neighborhood. Apparently they've been attracted by people land-banking - growing small quantities of permission trees on vacant land so it counts as a 'farm' to avoid vacant land taxes, then not harvesting the fruit because it's not economically sensible... the fruit then attracts wildlife.

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