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Simon Kärvemo
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Researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in landscape ecology, mainly focusing on forest pests, such as bark beetles and reptiles and amphibians.
After the storm Johannes in Sweden 27 dec, we are in risk of large bark beetle infestations in 2027. Such northern outbreaks are poorly studied and although its catastrophic for many people, it will be really interesting to study the development of the outbreak. My map may reflect the suffered areas
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Do you have the same experience?? My invitations to REVIEW PAPERS are boosting. In Nov-Dec I get new invitations EVERY second/third day. I checked my email history and this is the result (and there are still 2w in Dec.

Is AI the reason - doing the analyses, writing and critical thinking?
December 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is amazing!! Camponotus ants in Borneo signaling that their sweet home (palm tree) is in danger. The soldiers communicating with their mandibles and it sounds like a marsh of war. Turn on the volume! Recorded last week!
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reposted by Simon Kärvemo
Three newly discovered toad species skip the tadpole phase entirely and give birth to live toadlets! 🐸

Learn more about these rare amphibians on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/17/t...
Three new toad species skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets
Researchers have identified three new species of tree-dwelling toads from Africa, all of which skip the tadpole phase and give birth to live toadlets.
blog.pensoft.net
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Ants defending their home of a palm tree, by acoustic aposematism. This is in Sabah, Borneo. Does anyone know the ant or palm species. Is the #ant Camponotus?
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A new evening with additional inventory of insects and #herptiles in Sabah, Borneo. Except for the Boiga dendrophila melanota we found the other day, we also observed a Boiga jaspidea.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Some nice observations of today. Luasong, Sabah
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This bird (Hydrornis baudii) - found yesterday - is tired, endemic to Borneo and threatened and has a very beautiful name in Swedish: Azurkronad juveltrast
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Stream inventory today for amphibian sites. Luasong, Sabah.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Some of the amphibians spotted yesterday during fieldwork in Luasong, Sabah. Leptobrachella fritinnens, Meristogenys orphnocnemis, Leptobrachium abboti, Limnonectes leporinus
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Finally arrived to Luasong, Borneo. Starting directly testing field equipment. Insect sheets and mosquito traps, also spotted some frogs.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Today we are leaving again for the next phase to Luasong, Sabah, Borneo. Supervising two master projects pregarding the interplay between RESTORATION - AMPHIBIANS - ARTHROPODS - with an emphasis on MOSQUITOS.
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Ever wonder how 1000 spruce bark beetles look like? Well you can stop wonder now.
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
4 days of conference in Prague. Bark beetle business.
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Forest IPA
July 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Not so hard to relax at our summer cabin….
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
”Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. But how does it differ in forest conservation assessment. New article of today.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Inter-observer reliability in forest conservation value assessments
Identifying and safeguarding forests of high conservation value is central to sustainable forest management. Qualitative and semi-quantitative surveys…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The frog (Rana temporaria) and the frogman (my son). In the northern mountains of Sweden #Åre
July 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Glad midsommar! Dagen till ära kommer ett låtsläpp om hur det gick till under firandet när seklet var ungt.

#midsommar
#midsommarafton

Today we are celebrating midsummer eve in Sweden. I recorded an old song about this.

open.spotify.com/track/6ZVTbd...
Midsommardans
Simon Kärvemo · Midsommardans · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Short documentary with me discussing our study on #snakes and implications climate change in Sweden. [In Swedish]

youtu.be/iTnZn4RMy1k?...
Fatta forskningen med Simon Kärvemo - Snokarna i pärmarna
YouTube video by Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I was talking about the spruce bark beetle during ca 30 min in a podcast named ”Dra åt skogen” organized by Skogsällskapet. Unfortunately, only in Swedish. open.spotify.com/episode/6IQB...
Granbarkborren - en hatad naturkonstnär
Dra åt skogen · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What I never expected ChatGTP can be used for?
April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Me on Swedish radio talking about grass snakes. The angle is a awkward as I talked about how to approach them to have a nice experience, and they talked about how to not get attacked by them. It’s how media can angle everything they want. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/slin...
Slingrande vårtecknet är här – nu vaknar snoken - P4 Uppland
När vädret blir varmare och man ser något mörkt ringlande i ögonvrån som får blodet att frysa. Då vet man att det är vår på riktigt – för nu vaknar snoken.I ...
www.sverigesradio.se
April 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Simon Kärvemo
Vi samlar underskrifter till en debattartikel som uppmanar politiker att ta forskningsresultat på allvar. Vi vill gärna ha många underskrifter för att visa att detta är en avgörande fråga för vår gemensamma framtid. Är du intresserad av att skriva på? Kontakta mig så skickar jag en länk.
April 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM