A 'Batty' Idea To Save Sick Forests

14 August 2002 - 8:00pm

Mississippi State University researchers use bats to assess the health of a forest.

"Their goal is to devise ways in which timber companies can better manage and harvest tree crops, while not destroying the habitats of bats and other forest denizens in the process...The study focused on bats because they are a major component of forest ecosystems and, as such, they are a good indicator of the health of the forest"

Source: Wired, August 12, 2002
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