Climate warming is allowing invasive plants to take hold in Alaska and possibly luring pollinators away from native berries, says University of Alaska Fairbanks ecologist Christa Mulder. Blueberries and cranberries are a major part of Alaskan’s subsistence lifestyle, both directly, by providing berries for eating, and indirectly, by providing forage for animals that people eat. But Alaska’s native berries share similar habitats and pollinators with invasive plants such as sweet clover. Tundra Drums, copyright 2012 All Alaska News Unlimited, LLC 5/28/12.
