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This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a study published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford analyzed the impact of commercial tree plantations.
“In the Brazilian Cerrado (savanna) a 40% increase in woody cover resulted in a ~30% reduction in the diversity of plants and ants,” the study authors wrote.
The research team explained that tropical ecosystems are highly biodiverse and will be hurt by the limited number of tree species used for reforestation projects.
“Why don’t we push to actually reforest the areas that have been impacted and conserve these natural ecosystems, these forests that we already have,” he told Earther.
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These summaries are really lacking. I read it. But then I read the article and I feel like there's a disconnect.
Like the summary brought up "40% increase in woody cover resulted in a ~30% reduction in the diversity of plants and ants"
But really, the key word I would prefer to have seen is "afforestation".
Yeah, I’ve been seeing a lot of praise for this bot lately, but I really dislike it. I don’t like that it’s the default comment in so many posts, and I find it doesn’t help so I always just collapse it now anyway. Maybe it would be better if the bot could be summoned just when it’s needed for super-long articles? IMO most articles aren’t long enough to need a summary and just end up adding an unnatural automation ‘filter’ to the original text.