Have a read at our recently published article. Our main finding is that the survival of Eurasian lynx across Europe 🇪🇺 is driven mainly by human-caused mortalities 🪦, in particular illegal killing. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

🐾 MIAU is out in Nature Conservation! This unique dataset, covering two decades of carnivore records, was created for our own research but is now available for others to explore and use 🐈‍⬛ 🦊🦨🐻doi.org/10.3897/nature… #OpenScience

New urban ecology paper! Noise pollution 🔊 as a major disturbance 😭of bird predation 🐦 in Amsterdam🇳🇱 - Wildlife Biology In this work, we wanted to test the increased disturbance vs predation proliferation hypothesis in urban areas. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wl…

🚨 New paper published in... Nature 😱 I never thought that I would write these words, but here is a Nature-paper that I contributed to. We found global loss in genetic diversity. Conservation strategies may maintain or increase genetic diversity. Link: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Did you know every leopard has a unique roar? New research is using bioacoustics to identify leopards by their roars to help inform management plans for these elusive carnivores.  Read more 👇 wildlife.org/leopard-roars-…

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Please RT! We’re hiring 5 Project assistants/Field assistants for a population study of damselflies with Erik Svensson and Masahito Tsuboi as PIs. Besides research and field work experience, a beautiful Swedish summer awaits! DM me for questions. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

🐺 Coexisting with large carnivores is challenging. Despite their ecological benefits, conflicts often lead to calls for reducing their numbers. #TRANSWILD (#BiodivProtect) delves into the Volterra principle and its implications for managing predators. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

Rat populations are rising in cities predominantly because of warmer average temperatures, reports a new Science Advances study. scim.ag/4aB6Hl9

Yö­per­hos­ten runsaus vai­kut­taa poh­jois­ten metsien lin­tu­jen määrään – Oulun yli­opis­ton joh­ta­man tut­ki­muk­sen 26 vuoden ai­neis­to on maail­man­laa­jui­ses­ti har­vi­nai­sen kattava polyttajat.fi/yoperhosten-ru…

A new Concepts & Questions article: Birds in cities can be both good & bad for human well-being, but their impact is under-studied and likely varies across groups & cityscapes 📄Bird-mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns doi.org/10.1002/fee.28…

🚨NEW paper🚨 out today in Royal Society Publishing testing combined effects of elevated #predation risk & anthropogenic #noise on dwarf mongoose #vigilance behaviour. #OpenAccess Lucy Westover, Megan Layton Amy Morris-Drake Julie Kern Josh Arbon University of Bristol Biological Sciences doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2…

"New research reveals how predators and prey adjust their behaviours in space and time! 📷 Using camera-trap data from Brazil and Suriname, we found that red-rumped agoutis adjust their activity patterns in response to ocelots' presence." buff.ly/40QU0hz

#OA Study compares different camera traps designs for sampling small mammals link.springer.com/article/10.100…

On #moose/#elk in Europe "the retreat of A. alces in large areas of Europe was likely caused by anthropogenic landscape change (..) and overhunting by humans during the late #Holocene rather than by climate warming" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #alces #defaunation #Holocene #megafauna

The loss of megafauna over the last 50,000 years has caused ecological theories to be based on already-degraded ecosystems. doi.org/10.1111/oik.11… Skjold Alsted Søndergaard Rasmus Ejrnæs Camilla Fløjgaard Jens Svenning Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Do you have experience in copyediting and proofreading, preferably within academic publishing, and an interest in ecology and conservation? We are hiring a temporary copyeditor and would love to hear from you! 📝 📅Closing date: 23 February 2025 fauna-flora.org/about/career/c…

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Please share. We are #hiring #PhD students to work on #citizen #science, #insect #migration, or #insect #conservation. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests and contact information here. shawanchowdhury.com.

Harnessing meta-analyses’ insights in ecology and evolution research doi.org/10.32942/X2PW5P