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Birgen Haest

Swiss Ornithological InstituteORCID 0000-0002-8739-6460Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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A hidden biomass flow - 10,000 tons of insects fly over Switzerland

Félix Liechti, Birgen Haest, Silke Bauer

The paper estimates 10,000 tons of insect biomass migrating annually over Switzerland using radar data, highlighting synchronized movements and key mountain passes as migration corridors.

bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Derivation of aerial insect concentration with triple frequency cloud radar observations

Moritz Lochmann, Birgen Haest, Teresa Vogl, Roel van Klink, Freya I. Addison, Maximilian Maahn, Willi Schimmel, Christian Wirth, Johannes Quaas, Heike Kalesse‐Los

This paper develops a method to estimate aerial insect concentration using triple frequency radar data and applies it to German summer observations, revealing altitude and time-dependent patterns.

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology