Biodiversité : le col de Bujaruelo, une "autoroute" pour insectes découverte dans les Pyrénées

Après les vols d’oiseaux migrateurs dans le ciel, voici les insectes voyageurs dans les montagnes. Des chercheurs britanniques ont découvert dans les Pyrénées un corridor de migration, sorte d’autoroute naturelle pour insectes.

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Otal Valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in the Pyrenees of Huesca

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New research shows #bats feast as #insects migrate through Pyrenees
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-feast-insects-migrate-pyrenees.html

Bat activity correlated with migratory insect bioflows in the Pyrenees https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230151

"Bats gather to feast as #nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the #Pyrenees each #autumn... University of #Exeter scientists identified seven bat species and 66 insect species (90% of which were #moths) in the Pass of #Bujaruelo."

New research shows bats feast as insects migrate through Pyrenees

Bats gather to feast as nocturnal insects fly through mountain passes in the Pyrenees each autumn, new research shows.

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