winterkill

• Kerry Gunther, bear management biologist for the park, said the introduction of wolves has helped bears by providing carcasses throughout the year, instead of just in the spring when animals drop from winterkill. —  billingsgazette.com
• According to the crop report, it has yet to be determined how much winterkill occurred. —  A1 HOME - Top Stories
• Remember that symptoms such as these can be attributed to virus infection, but may also be due to winterkill, nutrient problems or varietal characteristics.
• "The lack of winterkill has been a big problem for us in getting our ponds to produce more fingerlings," he said. —  The Fergus Falls Daily Journal
• According to Ritter, and his environmental team, these consequences include: "Much lower flows in rivers in the summer months and a greater vulnerability to drought, movement of plant and animal species to higher elevations and latitudes, high-elevation habitats will become fragmented, and warmer winter temperatures reduce winterkill of beetles, warmer summer temperatures allow faster insect life cycles," (7). —  Discussion Forum - Geeks!

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