Sixty of the keystone species released near Bordeaux to feast on waste from wild cattle and help restore a vital habitat on the Atlantic coastIn a forest clearing filled with cowpats, French history is being made: the country's first translocation of dung beetles in a nature reserve near Bordeaux.With the same pomp and ceremony afforded to the release of an Iberian lynx or a European bison, about 60 "ball rolling" insects were brought to the marshy forests of Étang de Cousseau in south-west France on Wednesday to restore a vital ecosystem function on the Atlantic coast. Continue reading...
Field of fresh cow pats welcomes first dung beetles to be rewilded in France
30. dubna 2023 14:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/30/france-first-dung-beetle-reintroduction-rewilding-aoe
Zdroj: The Guardian