P A S T E L S

Still counts… right?

Our paper is on the cover of Journal of Applied Ecology August issue! Check it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Forest composition shapes seed-rodent interactions in a gradient of broadleaves and conifers besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Las #plantas ayudan a refrescar el ambiente, porque proporcionan sombra y con la transpiración van enviando agua a la atmosfera que las rodea 🌳🌲 También disminuyen el riesgo de golpes de calor, pues nos servirán para refugiarnos 🫀☂️ Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico

Can neophobia help explain invasion success? Our new paper in Biological Invasions found that Eurasian tree sparrows were much less likely to eat new foods & habituated to novel objects more slowly than their more successful invasive relative, the house sparrow: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Not only of nuts and seeds live the jay🐦‍⬛🩵 Arthropods are a great source of protein! #poorspider🕷️ #arborealcameras

Oak isolation decreased the abundance of dormice and increased mice's; favoring the dominance of seed-caching rodents (mice) compared to seed predators (dormice). This may enhance acorn dispersal for isolated oaks Paper of the week: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Ryan Stephens and team found that the timing of mast availability had a strong influence on when reproduction takes place in a small mammal community...🐁 buff.ly/46K7cau

Three generations of Enrico's in July's fieldwork. 🧓👨‍🦱👶. EnriCo - Uni Goettingen We were gifted with some dormouse sightings! Projecte Liró

Very excited to see Natasha Hagemeyer dissertation work out. She documents active facilitation of helper dispersal by parents and siblings in acorn woodpeckers, an unrecognized pathway to increased direct fitness. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Met this guy on a beech tree today. It will turn into a wasp. I love it. #biodiversity #mondaymotivation

Juveniles/subalduts great-spotted woodpeckers chilling on a spruce forest in Unterluss. #canopycamera

🔥 New paper in For Ecol Man! Our 23-year study examines how weather-driven synchrony in seed production across three oaks species reduces seed predation and enhances regeneration. Led by Jakub Szymkowiak, funded by European Research Council (ERC).

Thanks everyone at the International Dormouse Conference, it was great being with you and presenting my work!

Un espai de trobada, debat i intercanvi de coneixement per afavorir la recerca i la conservació dels lirons. Una setmana molt intensa compartint treballs científics, idees, projectes i creant sinèrgies entre experts de 20 països diferents.

Always nice to talk about #smallmammals and seeds. Thank you GfÖ ! #GfO2024

Joyful with my first garden dormouse sighting! at #nationalparkharz

Did you know #dormice are only 8cm long? Being so tiny means they rely on dense, healthy hedgerows, tree and shrub canopies to travel through the branches in which they live🌳🌱Poor connectivity means they struggle to find food & mates👉 ptes.org/dormice #DormouseWeek🐭🍂

Sabíeu que els aligots depenen molt dels petits mamífers per reproduir-se amb èxit? 😮🦅🐭 Un estudi del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers Projecte SEMICE al Maresme i el Vallès Oriental ha monitorat 50 cicles reproductius i ha revelat dades sorprenents sobre la relació entre preses i productivitat! 💡👇🏽