Reposted by Rochelle kennedy
New paper from @bats-n-bugs.bsky.social's PhD.
Sampling an impressive 26 farms in east Scotland, Rochelle found a complex picture with bats responding more to habitat and landscape features than to farming type per se.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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link.springer.com
Contrasting effects of mixed farming on bats are mediated by local and landscape features and differ between seasons - Biodiversity and Conservation
Homogenisation of agricultural landscapes, driven by intensive farming, is one of the key drivers of biodiversity decline in Europe. Whilst government schemes to address this have benefitted some inve...
