Forest Already Strewn with Acorns, Good News for Wildlife and Forest Regeneration

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Anyone who's taken a walk in the woods in recent weeks may have noticed: the forest is already littered with acorns. "This year is one of the earliest years ever that acorns fell from trees, and that's due to the high temperatures in spring and summer," says Arnold van Vliet, a biologist at Wageningen University. "Looking at spring and summer, it's the second warmest year on record. That meant flowering was very early, and consequently, fruit de…