‘Overlooked’: 14,000 invertebrate species lost habitat in Black Summer bushfires, study finds
by Lisa Cox from on (#5QWTC)
Scientists say the animals are vital to ecosystem and true number affected is probably far higher
More than 14,000 species of invertebrate lost habitat during Australia's 2019-20 bushfires, according to a post-fire analysis that has recommended a doubling of the number of species listed as threatened.
The research, prepared for the federal government by scientists with the national environmental science program (NESP), found the number of insects, spiders, worms and other invertebrates affected by the disaster was much greater than the tally of vertebrates impacted.
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