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Arthropods to understand the Mayan life

Article, arthropods and Mayan life, collection of moths, Ecosur, El Eden reserve, Mexico El Eden reserve, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.
El Eden is a protected area consisted mainly of savanna. Alignments of stones indicate the presence of Maya on this site more than 2000 years ago. To understand how these people lived here, Yann Hénaut, eco-ethologist in the Ecosur research center, focuses on arthropods in the area. With his butterfly net and light trap formed by a large white sheet illuminated at night, Yann collects any sorts of animals with articulated legs. Species caught and characteristics of a particular ecosystem (forest, savanna transition area), compared to those found in cores of soil (exoskeletal remains) can help to recreate the landscape of the past and thus identify the resources (water, crops) that the Mayan operated at that time.

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