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Line Cordes @linecordes.bsky.social · Aug 25

Very happy to share that our paper presenting a framework for optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes has just been published in TREE @stephharris.bsky.social @jacobnabe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/d45s36y5

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beatezein.bsky.social @beatezein.bsky.social · Jun 14

💡 We are writing a systematic review article about physical properties of light and attractiveness to seabirds in the Norwegian Arctic and are in need for some benchmark literature to evaluate our systematic search! Can anyone help? Please share 💡

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 28

🚨🐘 New study shows that elder elephants are living libraries of knowledge vital to herd survival; their loss (poaching/habitat destruction) weakens entire herds. 🌍🧪

Research by Bates L., Fishlock V. L., Plotnik J. et al. w/ @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Cultural knowledge is widely presumed to be important for elephants. In all three elephant species, individuals tend to congregate around older conspecifics, creating opportunities for social transmission. However, direct evidence of social learning and ...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · May 26

High deer densities are one of the main challenges in temperate forest restoration and management. But not all deer are the same! In this review we consider the evidence for their impacts on woody vegetation ->

The number of studies reporting the occurrence of each deer species, together with the different effects on woody vegetation that were studied. Note that the numbers in this matrix add up to more than the total number of studies (n = 455), as many studies reported more than one deer species present and more than one effect category.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · May 26

How do different deer species affect woody vegetation? Understanding that not all deer are the same is essential to effective forest management and restoration. 🧪🌏 Summary thread below ->

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · May 27

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Elephants: How the loss of matriarchs fractures a society

From bees to whales, it’s increasingly acknowledged that creatures have cultures within which they live their daily lives. This is particularly true for elephants, and the loss of matriarchs is leadin...

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · May 9

www.researchgate.net/journal/Phil...

Philosophical Transactions B - Editor Pick by Helen Eaton

Recent scientific discoveries have revealed that culture is surprisingly widespread across the animal kingdom. Now, major conservation agencies have begun to recognize that these discoveries could hav...

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · May 5

Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Cultural knowledge is widely presumed to be important for elephants. In all three elephant species, individuals tend to congregate around older conspecifics, creating opportunities for social transmission. However, direct evidence of social learning and ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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vickifishlock.bsky.social @vickifishlock.bsky.social · May 2

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... new paper reviewing the evidence for elephant culture and the importance for conservation with @lucybates.bsky.social @graemeshannon.bsky.social @shermindesilva and @joshplotnik as part of a special issue on animal culture in conservation.

Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Cultural knowledge is widely presumed to be important for elephants. In all three elephant species, individuals tend to congregate around older conspecifics, creating opportunities for social transmission. However, direct evidence of social learning and ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · May 2

Research exploring exploring how the loss of key individuals affects elephant societies. www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

Elephant culture in crisis – study reveals new threat to elephants

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · May 2

Researchers push to include animal cultures in conservation policy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Researchers push to include animal cultures in conservation policy

As evidence accrues of complex socially transmitted behaviors in animals, biologists are figuring out how to use these data in conservation

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · Apr 4

‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos

In a first, researchers have seen a nonhuman animal combine different calls to make new meanings

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Amy Gresham (she/her) @amygresham48.bsky.social · Mar 13

Hot off the press: a Conservation article on our recent work exploring patterns in the seasonal diet of fallow #deer in North Wales @graemeshannon.bsky.social @markuseichhorn.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

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What deer poo can tell us about the future of Britain’s woodlands

Research reveals that fallow deer have an unexpected appetite for brambles, a plant often seen as a woodland nuisance.

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · Feb 27

New research led by @science-action.bsky.social and team exploring the daily activity patterns of animals using camera trap data from across the globe.

www.popsci.com/environment/...

Morning lark or night owl? Prevailing ideas of mammal activity are outdated

Many species can't be easily categorized as nocturnal or diurnal, a new study suggests.

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Ecol. Solutions & Evidence | Applied Ecol. Resources @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social · Feb 19

Fallow deer diet in North Wales is dominated by bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.) across seasons 🦌

Learn more here 👇

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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · Feb 14

A study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the conservation of woodlands in the UK.

Why the study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the future of woodland conservation

A team from Bangor University conducted the study amid a growing concern that increasing deer populations are negatively impacting the health and regeneration of UK woodlands. However, according to t...

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Feb 13

Bramble is important not just for pollinators but also for deer! 🦌 Our new paper published this week used faecal DNA metabarcoding to study the diet of fallow deer in North Wales, and used preference analysis to compare whether plant taxa were used more or less than expected given their abundance.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Feb 10

What do deer eat in the winter? In the UK a common assumption is that they subsist on over-wintering crops or grazing land. In our new paper led by Amy Gresham we overturn that story. 1/7 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Graphical abstract for Gresham et al. (2025). Full abstract: A DNA metabarcoding study of the diet of fallow deer (Dama dama) in North Wales has revealed a dominance of bramble Rubus fruticosus agg.) in the diet across seasons. The diet was significantly less diverse in winter compared to other seasons. As we work to expand tree cover and enhance woodland resilience and biodiversity in the United Kingdom amid climate change and emerging diseases, we should seek to understand the dynamic interactions of increasing deer populations with rapidly changing treescapes.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Feb 10

What do deer eat in the winter? In the UK a common assumption is that they subsist on over-wintering crops or grazing land. In our new paper led by Amy Gresham we overturn that story. 1/7 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · Feb 10

News article from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social on our deer diet study in North Wales led by @amygresham48.bsky.social

www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2025-02...

Why the study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the future of woodland conservation

A team from Bangor University conducted the study amid a growing concern that increasing deer populations are negatively impacting the health and regeneration of UK woodlands. However, according to t...

www.bangor.ac.uk

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Graeme Shannon @graemeshannon.bsky.social · Feb 10

New paper out today led by Amy Gresham exploring fallow deer diet using metabarcoding. Results were very different to what we expected!

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Graphical abstract: @linecordes.bsky.social

@markuseichhorn.bsky.social
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social
#deer

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