How does pyrodiversity influence small mammal abundance and genetic diversity?https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.70143

📢 We're Hiring! Postdoctoral Position in Ecological Modelling🐾🌍 Apply till 01.09.25 📄 More details: 👉https://panel.iop.krakow.pl/uploads/232/WildINTEL_postdoc%20position_Krakow_ECOLOGY.pdf #Postdoc #EcologyJobs #WildlifeResearch #AIinEcology #CameraTraps #EcologicalModelling #WildINTEL

When you reach for the rat poisons, stop for one second and think about where it goes. Often not rats and mice. Here we demonstrate it ends up in possums, many are then eaten by predators like powerful owls. Please avoid second generation anticoagulants 🙏♥️🦉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New Research: Defaunation erodes the diversity of rodent personality traits in fragmented forests ➡️ buff.ly/Rqgmgcn "Our study bridges the fields of animal personality research and defaunation driven by habitat fragmentation." 🐀

We know when the wild birds sing Researchers used automatic audio recorders and AI to collect and identify detailed data about birdsong in European Forests. It turned out it was more than just larks and owls: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... #JournalOfOrnithology: doi.org/10.1007/s103...

Genetic sequencing dates the split between Siberian and Norwegian lemmings at around 35,000 years ago, shortly before the Last Glacial Maximum—making Norwegian lemmings among the planet’s youngest mammal species. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our review led by S. Savazza "Measuring Personality in Wild Small Mammals: A Review of Methods and Proposal for a Standardised Approach" is out, free open access, in mammal review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Mit 80 Kameras in 20 Wäldern fand ein Forschungsteam heraus: Mischwälder fördern das Zusammenleben von Eichhörnchen und Schlafmäusen. So lässt sich #biologischeVielfalt auch im Wirtschaftswald fördern. Mehr dazu: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html... @forstunigoe.bsky.social #Wald #Forstwirtschaft

New paper out! 🏙️ We found that urbanisation simplifies and homogenises seed dispersal networks. 🪴🐦‍⬛ Non-native plants dominate in cities, accounting for 61% 😔 of interactions in the urban network vs just 15% in forests! 🪻🌿🌴 Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... 🌐🧪🌍🍁

Do red squirrels and dormice get along? Researchers discovered that they can: forests combining both deciduous and conifer trees make it easier for them to coexist: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... #Biodiversity #Ecology #EuropeanJournalofWildlifeResearch: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Forest cover enhances pest control by birds and bats independently of vineyard management intensity 🌲🧪 Highlights the ecological and economic value of birds and bats as natural pest control agents in vineyards 🦇🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

New press release from Uni Göttingen! Nice summary about how we used cameras up on the trees to check where red squirrels and dormice live, and if they like each other 🐿️🐀🌳 🔗 Press release: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... Original paper: doi.org/10.1007/s103...

🐿️🐭 Researchers have shown that mixed woodland boosts the coexistence of red squirrels and dormice. They found that red squirrels prefer coniferous forests and dormice prefer beech forests. 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01947-y 📷 @pmittelman.bsky.social @enricounigoe.bsky.social

Red fox and the snow 🦊

A bank vole faces a gourmet dilemma: beech vs. Norway spruce seeds🌳🌲 Which would you pick?🌰 This forest experiment helps us understand small mammals' seed preferences To know more about how forest composition affects seed dynamics and small mammals, check: doi.org/10.1111/1365... #Rodent #seed 🐀🦊

Red squirrels, dormice and martens were some arboreal #mammals observed with camera traps in our canopy survey. 🐿️🐀📸🌲🌳 The first paper from this survey is already out:(doi.org/10.1007/s103...). Showing that mixed forests promote the coexistence of arboreal small mammals!

Edible dormice (Glis glis) monitored by our arboreal camera traps 🐀. To know if they like other fellow arboreal mammals, like red squirrels and other dormouse species 🐿️🐭, check our most recent paper: doi.org/10.1007/s103... #arboreal #cameratrap #mammals

Ever wonder if squirrels & dormice get along?🐿️🐀 A new paper of @pmittelman.bsky.social, using arboreal camera data, found that arboreal small mammal species were more likely to co-occur in mixed forests. Dive into the findings here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Wildlife #Species_coexistence

🌍🌲 New Review in #BAAE: Ecological assessment for resilient forests under #GlobalChange Huth et al. synthesized 35 scientific statements on 7 core topics, highlighting key findings and gaps to guide #ForestManagement & #ClimateAdaptation in Europe 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Hello from a young great spotted woodpecker

Pollinator decline has captured global attention, but another plant-animal mutualism is quietly unraveling. Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity article synthesizes global evidence on seed disperser decline and what it means for plant biodiversity, ecosystem recovery, and climate adaptation. 🧵

Red squirrel eating Douglas-fir cones 🌲🐿️🍃 #mammals #arborealcameras

Two great tits and their snack 🐛🐤 voracious #predator

A quick visit of spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) to our monitored canopy 🌳🐥 #canopycamera

In April, 3 Ukrainian scientists from Kyiv Zoo joined a study tour with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, supported by Zoo New England & the Trust for Mutual Understanding, to learn about rodent captive breeding and reintroduction projects. Read more: small-mammals.org/2025/05/12/s...

A calm bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) chilling in a mixed forest. #addMam

This is one of the 2252 monthly monitored beech seedlings in pure beech forests and mixtures w/ Douglas-fir and spruce. This one survived till the end! What happened to the others, how they were affected by animals, abiotic factors and forest composition? Check: doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122766

🚨 Last Call! WildINTEL is looking for a Master’s or PhD student currently enrolled at a Polish university to join our research on mammal community dynamics using camera trap data, AI tools, and citizen science. Today is the final day to apply! lnkd.in/dS6DtUxV

An edible dormouse (Glis glis) going for its nightly commute on a beech branch. 🌃🚗🐿️

Two yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) enjoying some bait 💛🐭🥜

NEW PAPER: Human disturbance and birds: recreational activities do not predict nest box occupancy in great tits, but individuals nesting in disturbed areas are more exploratory and have lower fitness. ➡️ vist.ly/3n43727 #ornithology #birds #animalpersonality #anthropocene #urbanization 🪶

May have shared before, but it's worth repeating. #PowerToTheRodents phys.org/news/2025-01...

Paper out! Seed survival, germination and seedling establishment of beech in mixed forests with Douglas-fir and spruce. Conifers had different effects depending on regeneration stage, e.g Douglas-fir increased beech seedling survival and Norway Spruce decreased it. doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

Die beiden Kleinen müssen sich momentan im Kampf um die Berechtigung, auf dem Balkon zu fressen, behaupten. Miteinander zum Glück noch nicht. 🐿️🐿️😍 #balkonhörnchen #eichhörnchen #squirrel #squirrelcontent

A curious and photogenic fox in the snowy Tatra Mountains 🦊

Rare daytime sighting of a marten in Tatra National Park

Artificial night light intensity modulates herbivory & phytochemistry in European beech 🌳 Advocates for increased collaboration to address the challenge of optimizing light parameters in order to minimize ALAN impacts on species interactions 💡🧪 🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

#RodentOfTheDay Lusitanian Pine Vole (Microtus lusitanicus): "Appearance: Dark brown back fur with a lighter underbelly with a light, short tail and a broad head." Photo/info: www.mammalweb.org/en/learn-dro...

A Muscardinus on a beech tree canopy. hazel #dormouse🌰🧡🤎🐭

#ESJ72 2024 Ecological Research Paper Award🏆(25th) Congrats👏🐭 Scott M. Appleby @elfledermaus.bsky.social et al Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning-derived metric: A case study doi.org/10.1111/1440... #OpenAccess #ERPaperAward

Curious Pine Marten visits a Douglas-fir forest in Northern Germany #arborealcamera 🌲📷

🚨 Exciting Opportunity for Students and Early-Stage Researchers! WildINTEL is hiring a student or PhD student to work on mammal community dynamics using camera trap data, AI tools, and citizen science. 👉 panel.iop.krakow.pl/uploads/232/...

After a rainy morning, a red squirrel comes for a visit in a Norway-spruce forest ⛈️🐿️🌲 #redsquirrel #wildlifecamera

Next up for #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) which was presumed extinct until 1967. This small, carnivorous marsupial is found in WA. They breed in autumn and adult females can carry up to 8 joeys in their pouch at one time! 📷 Cathy Lambert, Perth Zoo #WildOz

From land mine detection to sniffing out tuberculosis, a group of trained African giant pouched rats in Tanzania is proving a valuable partner for humans, A new generation is now being trained to detect illegally trafficked wildlife parts.

Hi Bluesky 👋🏻 We're here to bring some mustelids to your feed 🫡 Follow us for stoat updates 🐾

🌿 Our new study in @natplants.nature.com: Most European temperate forest plants are associated with semi-open, herbivore-shaped habitats—not closed-canopy #forests 🐎🌳🔆🌸 Highlights the need for trophic #rewilding in #conservation & need to avoid uniform dense #reforestation🌿 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Ahhhhhh Spring. A time to replenish, revive, and…. REGROW YOUR BONES?!? a🧵on a new paper