News Headline
The Surprising Biodiversity Hidden in the World’s Fragile Mangrove Forests
Source
The Revelator
Publication Date
2022-02-21
Mangrove forests protect coastal ecosystems around the world from erosion and serve as habitats for an amazing array of fish, birds and other species. But because of the groves’ low levels of plant diversity, scientists have long assumed these famously twisty, salt-tolerant trees didn’t play host to many insect species.