Bats Boom on Organic Farms, Study Says | Bird decline, insect decline and neonicotinoids

John Pickrell in England for National Geographic News
February 2, 2004

Bat activity may be up to 60 percent greater on organic farms than conventional farms in the United Kingdom, according to a new report. The study also revealed that one endangered European bat was completely absent on non-organic farms tested. A second study, published in the science journal Conservation Biology, reveals that insect families which are key to British bat's diets are significantly more abundant and diverse on organic farms.

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