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Human-wildlife interactions, Monitoring and methods, Research summaries, Urban ecosystems

Weather forecasts can help us save migratory birds from collisions with city buildings

In their latest research article, Sara Kross, Katherine Chen, Benjamin Van Doren and colleagues utilise 5 years of bird collision counts in New York City to determine the influence of nocturnal weather conditions and bird migration traffic rates on collisions with buildings. Migration is already a particularly dangerous part of the annual life cycle of many birds, and it’s estimated that collisions with windows kills up … Continue reading Weather forecasts can help us save migratory birds from collisions with city buildings

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Forests, Research summaries

A novel view of salvage logging in Europe’s spruce forests

In their recently published research, Laura Dobor, Tomáš Hlásny and colleagues investigate how different levels of intensity in salvage logging affect both bark beetle outbreaks and  landscape-scale carbon storage. Salvage logging – the removal of trees killed by wind, insects and other agents – is one of the most frequently applied management responses to forest disturbances worldwide. In European Norway spruce forests, salvaging of windfelled … Continue reading A novel view of salvage logging in Europe’s spruce forests

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