Demise of the beetles,that need rotting wood to survive, could contain devastating knock-on effect for other species, and say scientists in a novel reportAlmost one-fifth of Europe’s wood beetles are at risk of extinction due to a widespread decline in ancient trees,according to a novel report which suggests their demise could contain devastating knock-on effects for other species. The study says 18% of saproxylic beetles – which depend on dead and decaying wood for some of their lifecycle – now exist on a conservation plane between “vulnerable” and “critically endangered”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk