Solar farms could become important refuges for bumblebees in Britain, a new study reveals - though their benefits only go so far.
Solar farms could become important refuges for bumblebees in Britain, a new study reveals - though their benefits only go so far.
In the first study to investigate the role of solar farms in future biodiversity conservation, a research team, from Lancaster University, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Reading, set out to discover if the UK’s existing solar farms could support bumblebees in the face of a changing countryside.
They found that solar farm management – wildflower margins verses turf - was the main factor influencing the number of bumblebees within solar farms themselves.
Read more at: Lancaster University
Photo Credit: Dr Hollie Blaydes
