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Published online 8 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070205-14
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Fake fruits could help restore rainforest
Bats lured by foam food bring seeds to patchy land.
Bats can be lured into large areas of destroyed rainforest with fake fruits, researchers have found. This, they say, could be the key to restoring patchy parts of the landscape.
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