“We hope that this work will help us start thinking now about how our woodlands could look in hundreds of years and the biodiversity they might support.”
Oak trees have long had a reputation for supporting a range of biodiversity, however, research published today has uncovered just how many species depend on British oak to survive. The decline of these iconic trees, currently threatened by pests, diseases and climate change, could put a total of 2,300 species at risk.
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