New study on early detection of bark beetle infestation using remote sensing! 🌲🪲🛰️. Forest vitality states can be mapped, supporting early intervention strategies and continuous cost-effective monitoring of forest health from space!.📃 Read more:

🐾Our PhD student Yutong Liang presented her first project on lynx excursion behaviour at the Movement Ecology of Animals conference (25 July to 1 August) in Ventura, CA with a poster and flash talk!🎤📊. #GordonResearchConference.#MovementEcology #WildlifeResearch #Lynx #PhDLife

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Are you looking for a job in remote sensing and forest ecosystems? Come join our team in the Bavarian Forest National Park under the "KI-RECOVER" project. 🛰️🌲. Detailed job description attached (in German)

Have a look at this new article: The study highlights strong microbial interconnections in Bavarian Forest soils, aiding forest management and conservation efforts.

🗞️New paper on print media coverage on the recolonization of the wolf in Germany 🐺.The most frequent topics include lethal control, wolf monitoring, and livestock depredation, with educational work being prominent only in regional coverage. 🔍Read more:

Are you a hunter in Germany, or do you know any? We are looking for participants to help us in our research on wild boar and African Swine Fever! 🐗.We would be happy for any who participate in this anonymous questionnaire:

Sind Sie Jäger in Deutschland, oder kennen Sie einen? Wir suchen Teilnehmer*innen, die uns bei unserer Forschung zum Thema Wildschwein und ASP unterstützen! 🐗.Wir freuen uns über jeden, der sich an diesem anonymen Fragebogen beteiligt:

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Save the Date! 🗓️On August 6th at 16:00 CET @MarcoHeurich will be presenting at the Wildlife Management For Wilderness Areas webinar. 🔗Register here:

New paper on caracass decomposition implications for disease management!☠️🦠. Natural decomposition caused elevated carcass temperatures and pH changes, but neither exceeded the thresholds required to inactivate African swine fever in wild boar. 🌡️🐗. 📰

🦌New article out: Management strategies like winter feeding in protected areas can alter nutrient cycles, impacting soil, plants, and wildlife. These changes may affect ecosystem functions and conservation efforts. Read more:

Exciting new paper out from one of our PhD students on how humans and apex predators shape lower trophic levels through top-down control! 🚶‍♀️🐅🦌. This study underscores the crucial role of sustaining apex predator populations in ecosystems. 📜Read more:

This weekend we celebrated another successful PhD completed in our department on large carnivore monitoring, congratulations Dr. Stefano Palmero!🥳🎓🐾. #lynx #eurolynx #conservation #cameratrapping #carnivoremonitoring #PhDone

RT @MarcoHeurich: If you are interested in Wildlife Management and conservation in National Parks you might watch my talk in the Hunsrück-H….

📰New paper on ground‑lying deadwood and soil diversity 🪱. While shifts in soil biodiversity composition were minimal, the retention of deadwood in European temperate forests can promote heterogeneity in soil communities. 🪳. 🔎More here:

It took time, but it's finally here: Deer of the World — the definitive book on the 53 deer species that inhabit our planet, written by 160 leading experts. We are proud to have been part of this remarkable project.

Another lynx paper hot off the press!🔥Exploring the ecological feasibility of restoring Eurasian lynx to Great Britain 🐾. A well-planned, legal, lynx reintroduction could be feasible, provided there is acceptance in key stakeholder groups. 📰Read more:

Job offer: The Mammal Research Institute in Bialowieza is looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in the project “How does animal-mediated seed dispersal affect range shifts of European beech in the Swiss Alps?”. Details:

🐈New Paper on Lynx population modelling over a 50-year time horizon!. The persistence of lynx in Western Europe seems likely on a large scale with high female occupancy & average lynx density over the core areas of the 4 studied populations!. 🔍Read more:

Exiting PhD position at the Conservation Biogeography Lab in Berlin on large mammals and land-use change in Europe.