Skjold Alsted Søndergaard
@skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social
Phd-student in ecology at Aarhus University
Exciting first weeks at @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social & @naturerecovery.bsky.social at Oxford Uni.
Great discussions on vegetation dynamics & restoration baselines. Next up: presenting the Danish Nature Indicator, a tool for prioritizing rewilding!
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Great discussions on vegetation dynamics & restoration baselines. Next up: presenting the Danish Nature Indicator, a tool for prioritizing rewilding!
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/deep-ti...
Deep-Time Perspectives on Vegetation Ecology: Skjold Søndergaard
Skjold Søndergaard discusses how long-term ecological processes inform contemporary approaches to vegetation restoration and biotic integrity.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Exciting first weeks at @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social & @naturerecovery.bsky.social at Oxford Uni.
Great discussions on vegetation dynamics & restoration baselines. Next up: presenting the Danish Nature Indicator, a tool for prioritizing rewilding!
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/deep-ti...
Great discussions on vegetation dynamics & restoration baselines. Next up: presenting the Danish Nature Indicator, a tool for prioritizing rewilding!
www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/deep-ti...
(1) FIND THE LITTLE GUY! 🐦
In multiple rewilding sites in snow-covered Denmark it is possible to observe the revival of an old relationship between birds and megafauna, that is especially important during the winter.
In multiple rewilding sites in snow-covered Denmark it is possible to observe the revival of an old relationship between birds and megafauna, that is especially important during the winter.
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
(1) FIND THE LITTLE GUY! 🐦
In multiple rewilding sites in snow-covered Denmark it is possible to observe the revival of an old relationship between birds and megafauna, that is especially important during the winter.
In multiple rewilding sites in snow-covered Denmark it is possible to observe the revival of an old relationship between birds and megafauna, that is especially important during the winter.
Can't wait to discuss my favorite topics (baselines, natural vegetation, grazing and nature restoration) with top ecological minds @jcsvenning.bsky.social, @hhbruun.bsky.social and Jacob Heilmann-Clausen at this years Nature Meeting in Denmark! #naturmødet #shiftingbaselines #urørtskov
May 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Can't wait to discuss my favorite topics (baselines, natural vegetation, grazing and nature restoration) with top ecological minds @jcsvenning.bsky.social, @hhbruun.bsky.social and Jacob Heilmann-Clausen at this years Nature Meeting in Denmark! #naturmødet #shiftingbaselines #urørtskov
Glad to see our study making it on the cover of @jappliedecology.bsky.social. More results from this projects are on their way on the response of pollinator resources, pollinators and birds! #naturalgrazing #rewilding
Our May issue is out now! 🐂🌎🧪
Topics include:
👉The impacts of managed forests on non-native beetles in Europe 🪲
👉Year-round grazing as a driver of plant diversity 🌱
👉The effectiveness of novel hybrid mangrove living shorelines 🌊
Read more here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652664...
Topics include:
👉The impacts of managed forests on non-native beetles in Europe 🪲
👉Year-round grazing as a driver of plant diversity 🌱
👉The effectiveness of novel hybrid mangrove living shorelines 🌊
Read more here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652664...
May 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Glad to see our study making it on the cover of @jappliedecology.bsky.social. More results from this projects are on their way on the response of pollinator resources, pollinators and birds! #naturalgrazing #rewilding
Spending time with rewilded herbivores is humbling. Every week reveals new items on the menu. New leaves of invasive Rosa rugosa are eaten, despite thorns and seemingly being out of reach #rewilding #invasive #herbivory
April 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Spending time with rewilded herbivores is humbling. Every week reveals new items on the menu. New leaves of invasive Rosa rugosa are eaten, despite thorns and seemingly being out of reach #rewilding #invasive #herbivory
Preparation for what will undoubtedly be the highlight of my PhD. Jakub Těšitel and Jan Roleček from Brno University giving a preview of the mindblowing ecosystems of the White Carpathians which hold world records for small-scale plant species richness.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Preparation for what will undoubtedly be the highlight of my PhD. Jakub Těšitel and Jan Roleček from Brno University giving a preview of the mindblowing ecosystems of the White Carpathians which hold world records for small-scale plant species richness.
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I am excited to share that my first first-author paper, “A General Method for Detection and Segmentation of Terrestrial Arthropods in Images,” is now available on preprint.
If you are interested take a look at my blog (asgersvenning.com/flat-bug/) or consider reading the pre-print (linked below).
If you are interested take a look at my blog (asgersvenning.com/flat-bug/) or consider reading the pre-print (linked below).
April 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I am excited to share that my first first-author paper, “A General Method for Detection and Segmentation of Terrestrial Arthropods in Images,” is now available on preprint.
If you are interested take a look at my blog (asgersvenning.com/flat-bug/) or consider reading the pre-print (linked below).
If you are interested take a look at my blog (asgersvenning.com/flat-bug/) or consider reading the pre-print (linked below).
Fences are misunderstood!
Electric fence around the property enables peaceful coexistence between us and the neighbors: large grazing mammals roaming freely year-round. Temporary plastic wire allows them to graze the garden.
Fences are an opportunity for wilder ecosystems, when done right #rewilding
Electric fence around the property enables peaceful coexistence between us and the neighbors: large grazing mammals roaming freely year-round. Temporary plastic wire allows them to graze the garden.
Fences are an opportunity for wilder ecosystems, when done right #rewilding
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Fences are misunderstood!
Electric fence around the property enables peaceful coexistence between us and the neighbors: large grazing mammals roaming freely year-round. Temporary plastic wire allows them to graze the garden.
Fences are an opportunity for wilder ecosystems, when done right #rewilding
Electric fence around the property enables peaceful coexistence between us and the neighbors: large grazing mammals roaming freely year-round. Temporary plastic wire allows them to graze the garden.
Fences are an opportunity for wilder ecosystems, when done right #rewilding
Why should you let cattle roam your garden in late winter? To limit grasses and benefit flowering forbs!
Read our paper just out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social with Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social and @jcsvenning.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read our paper just out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social with Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social and @jcsvenning.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Why should you let cattle roam your garden in late winter? To limit grasses and benefit flowering forbs!
Read our paper just out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social with Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social and @jcsvenning.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read our paper just out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social with Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social and @jcsvenning.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Noget vildt er på vej!🐷
Vi - Naturfotograf Jeppe Svendsen, Natur🛡️Søndergaard og Kragelund - en lysåben mose er stolte over at præsentere første trailer til “VILDSKABENS VEJE”.... | By Martin | Facebook
Vi - Naturfotograf Jeppe Svendsen, Natur🛡️Søndergaard og Kragelund - en lysåben mose er stolte over at præsentere første trailer til “VILDSKABENS VEJE”....
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April 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Noget vildt er på vej!🐷
Wild pollinators in introduced spring ephemeral always makes me wonder about interglacial range-filling. Would Cyclamen have made it to Scandinavia in a human-free Holocene? Does it matter if c-album really likes it - and I like them both?
March 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wild pollinators in introduced spring ephemeral always makes me wonder about interglacial range-filling. Would Cyclamen have made it to Scandinavia in a human-free Holocene? Does it matter if c-album really likes it - and I like them both?
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USA har aldrig været en moralsk supermagt. Europa burde have fundet sine egne ben for længe siden. Trump er horribel, men for de mange Europæiske politikere, der har troet på en slags særligt værdifællesskab med USA er det meget godt at få revet plasteret af.
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Let’s be clear – the US never had moral supremacy. With Trump, it’s not even pretending any more | Owen Jones
The president has replaced the ‘good guys’ myth with unapologetic brute force and greed – it could be a major mistake, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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February 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
USA har aldrig været en moralsk supermagt. Europa burde have fundet sine egne ben for længe siden. Trump er horribel, men for de mange Europæiske politikere, der har troet på en slags særligt værdifællesskab med USA er det meget godt at få revet plasteret af.
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Nå, men ligger alle jeres naboer også og pøser gylle ud på frossen jord de her dage?
February 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Nå, men ligger alle jeres naboer også og pøser gylle ud på frossen jord de her dage?
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On #moose/(Eurasian) #elk in Europe: "the retreat of A. alces in large areas of Europe was likely caused by anthropogenic landscape change (e.g., deforestation) and overhunting by humans during the late #Holocene rather than by climate warming" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #defaunation
Impact of global environmental changes on the range contraction of Eurasian moose since the Late Pleistocene
Climatic oscillations are considered primary factors influencing the distribution of various life forms on Earth. Large species adapted to cold climat…
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February 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On #moose/(Eurasian) #elk in Europe: "the retreat of A. alces in large areas of Europe was likely caused by anthropogenic landscape change (e.g., deforestation) and overhunting by humans during the late #Holocene rather than by climate warming" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #defaunation
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Blinded by short memories, our dreams reach no further than pleasant farmland and carefully managed woodland.
The awesome large mammals, wiped out by human exploitation, also vanished from our minds.
Time is up for science-based restoration targets.
Thnx @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social.
The awesome large mammals, wiped out by human exploitation, also vanished from our minds.
Time is up for science-based restoration targets.
Thnx @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social.
An excellent paper.
Herbivores and mega-herbivores have over 200 million years more experience with vegetation management than human beings.
It's time to hand things back to the experts and then watch and learn.
If we do this I can guarantee some very pleasant surprises.
Herbivores and mega-herbivores have over 200 million years more experience with vegetation management than human beings.
It's time to hand things back to the experts and then watch and learn.
If we do this I can guarantee some very pleasant surprises.
#ShiftingBaselines and the forgotten giants: integrating megafauna into plant community ecology🦣🌿
With #megafauna lost, have we built #ecology on already-degraded ecosystems? Led @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social as part of his thesis - well done! doi.org/10.1111/oik....
#theory #rewilding #vegetation
With #megafauna lost, have we built #ecology on already-degraded ecosystems? Led @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social as part of his thesis - well done! doi.org/10.1111/oik....
#theory #rewilding #vegetation
February 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Blinded by short memories, our dreams reach no further than pleasant farmland and carefully managed woodland.
The awesome large mammals, wiped out by human exploitation, also vanished from our minds.
Time is up for science-based restoration targets.
Thnx @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social.
The awesome large mammals, wiped out by human exploitation, also vanished from our minds.
Time is up for science-based restoration targets.
Thnx @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social.
“The question is one of teleology, of final ends: the fundamental goal of all rewilding … is the restoration of self-willed ecology, while the fundamental goal of all agriculture is the production and sale of food.“
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Dispelling The Myth Of The Wild | NOEMA
Agriculture and rewilding, culture and nature, are often regarded as stark antitheses. New insights from ecology, however, suggest a path by which these seeming opposites may be reconciled.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“The question is one of teleology, of final ends: the fundamental goal of all rewilding … is the restoration of self-willed ecology, while the fundamental goal of all agriculture is the production and sale of food.“
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Konsekvenserne er useriøs reservering af plads og beskyttelse af natur. Mon Klelund-modellen + store græsserer kunne redde sommerfuglene?
2 rare butterflies rely almost exclusively on wild boars digging up bare soil. Problem 1: Even inside a German national park boars are hunted. Problem 2: The whole area is planned for succession, despite being protected by European laws.
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January 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Konsekvenserne er useriøs reservering af plads og beskyttelse af natur. Mon Klelund-modellen + store græsserer kunne redde sommerfuglene?
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Hvordan tager vi fuldt ansvar for dyrenes ve og vel?
@sofiegraarup.bsky.social, Fløjgaard og jeg hævder i denne kronik, at der mangler vigtige overvejelser, når Dyreetisk Råd udtaler sig om store dyr i indhegnede rewildingprojekter.
www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik...
@sofiegraarup.bsky.social, Fløjgaard og jeg hævder i denne kronik, at der mangler vigtige overvejelser, når Dyreetisk Råd udtaler sig om store dyr i indhegnede rewildingprojekter.
www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik...
Det er ikke kun naturen, der har brug for rewilding. Det har Dyreetisk Råd også : Miljø - Altinget.dk
Det er tankevækkende, at aflivning af dyr falder så naturligt for os, når det er de to værste straffe for mennesker er netop dødsstraf. Aflivning af dyr beskrives af Dyreetisk Råd som en form for akti...
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January 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hvordan tager vi fuldt ansvar for dyrenes ve og vel?
@sofiegraarup.bsky.social, Fløjgaard og jeg hævder i denne kronik, at der mangler vigtige overvejelser, når Dyreetisk Råd udtaler sig om store dyr i indhegnede rewildingprojekter.
www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik...
@sofiegraarup.bsky.social, Fløjgaard og jeg hævder i denne kronik, at der mangler vigtige overvejelser, når Dyreetisk Råd udtaler sig om store dyr i indhegnede rewildingprojekter.
www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik...
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At the end of the year we can look back at the butterfly year 2024 in NL. What went up, what went down, and what species things did we notice? A threat in English. /1
December 29, 2024 at 3:37 PM
At the end of the year we can look back at the butterfly year 2024 in NL. What went up, what went down, and what species things did we notice? A threat in English. /1
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Trophic #rewilding with horses & cattle at the Mols Laboratory, Denmark, inspiring many other projects in the country. A summary of 2024 😍 #dkpol #dknatur #biodiversitet
December 28, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Trophic #rewilding with horses & cattle at the Mols Laboratory, Denmark, inspiring many other projects in the country. A summary of 2024 😍 #dkpol #dknatur #biodiversitet
Danish National Parks are paper parks - nothing but words on a page or an advertisement in the supermarket. As you can tell from the add, we proudly reserve our NP’s for intensive agriculture… #dkpol
December 27, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Danish National Parks are paper parks - nothing but words on a page or an advertisement in the supermarket. As you can tell from the add, we proudly reserve our NP’s for intensive agriculture… #dkpol
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I modsætning til nærmest alle andre modtager Molslab IKKE landbrugsstøtte. #Rewilding Mols er derfor helt afhængig af brugerbetaling og frivillige bidrag. Hvis du er fan, vil vi derfor blive vildsomt glade for en donation på MobilePay til 600412. Kh alle os på Molslab. OG glædelig jul 😍 #dknatur
December 25, 2024 at 10:05 AM
I modsætning til nærmest alle andre modtager Molslab IKKE landbrugsstøtte. #Rewilding Mols er derfor helt afhængig af brugerbetaling og frivillige bidrag. Hvis du er fan, vil vi derfor blive vildsomt glade for en donation på MobilePay til 600412. Kh alle os på Molslab. OG glædelig jul 😍 #dknatur
May your favorite ecosystem have its natural processes restored and strictly protected! Merry Christmas!
December 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM
May your favorite ecosystem have its natural processes restored and strictly protected! Merry Christmas!
Check your baseline!
It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
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It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
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Det endnu billigere skidt!
Alexander Holm og Sebastian Klein har for nyligt dækket Pablo Escobars kokainflodheste på deres podcast Det Billige Skidt.... | By Skjold | Facebook
Det endnu billigere skidt!
Alexander Holm og Sebastian Klein har for nyligt dækket Pablo Escobars kokainflodheste på deres podcast Det Billige Skidt....
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December 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Check your baseline!
It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
www.facebook.com/100001523860...
It’s reasonable to assume that hippos in Colombia is a problem but studies don’t find the expected eco-catastrophe (doi: 10.1002/ECY.2991)
Is it due to previous degradation from agriculture or a yet-small population?
www.facebook.com/100001523860...
Reminds me of Rhys Lemoine's great piece on magpies. Intelligent birds that favor grazed vegetation and disturbance dependent foraging, i.e. associated with megafauna.
Exciting to see if magpies return to the wild as trophic rewilding reintroduces large mammals to European landscapes!
Exciting to see if magpies return to the wild as trophic rewilding reintroduces large mammals to European landscapes!
December 11, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Reminds me of Rhys Lemoine's great piece on magpies. Intelligent birds that favor grazed vegetation and disturbance dependent foraging, i.e. associated with megafauna.
Exciting to see if magpies return to the wild as trophic rewilding reintroduces large mammals to European landscapes!
Exciting to see if magpies return to the wild as trophic rewilding reintroduces large mammals to European landscapes!