Graeme Shannon
@graemeshannon.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist based in Trondheim, Norway.
Camera-traps work best for surveying wildlife when site-level covariates are considered. Owain Barton led our study showing more cameras reduce error, longer deployments help only if occupancy varies, & ignoring key covariates can skews results
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October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Camera-traps work best for surveying wildlife when site-level covariates are considered. Owain Barton led our study showing more cameras reduce error, longer deployments help only if occupancy varies, & ignoring key covariates can skews results
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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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
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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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💡 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 💡
June 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
💡 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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🚨🐘 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/...
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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May 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨🐘 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/...
Research by Bates L., Fishlock V. L., Plotnik J. et al. w/ @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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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 ->
May 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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 ->
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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 ->
May 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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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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
May 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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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
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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.
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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May 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Research exploring exploring how the loss of key individuals affects elephant societies. www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
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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May 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Researchers push to include animal cultures in conservation policy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘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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April 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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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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March 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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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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.
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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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February 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Fallow deer diet in North Wales is dominated by bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.) across seasons 🦌
Learn more here 👇
Learn more here 👇
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February 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fallow deer diet in North Wales is dominated by bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.) across seasons 🦌
Learn more here 👇
Learn more here 👇
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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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February 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the conservation of woodlands in the UK.
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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.
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....
February 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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.
Reposted by Graeme Shannon
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....
February 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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....
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...
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
February 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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...
www.bangor.ac.uk/news/2025-02...
New paper out today led by Amy Gresham exploring fallow deer diet using metabarcoding. Results were very different to what we expected!
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Graphical abstract: @linecordes.bsky.social
@markuseichhorn.bsky.social
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social
#deer
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Graphical abstract: @linecordes.bsky.social
@markuseichhorn.bsky.social
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social
#deer
February 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Graphical abstract: @linecordes.bsky.social
@markuseichhorn.bsky.social
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social
#deer