The balance of #nitrogen and #phosphorus in the dung of browsing and grazing #herbivores helps maintain the tree-grass balance in African #savanna! 🦓🦒
Read the full article by @SittersJudith and Harry Olde Venterink: https://t.co/g2aLVyUiHW
Wrote a short Letter to Editor on the patterns of 💩 nutrients from herbivores 🐘🐃🦬🐎🐏🦛🦒🦘!
Body size–fecal nutrient patterns of mammalian herbivores https://t.co/jSLTsIgkpo
Are you an enthusiastic ecologist excited about megamammals and animal-plant interactions? Do you want to pursue a PhD while helping to create a dynamic new research team? See below for a fully funded PhD opportunity on a fascinating topic (bias alert!) #megafauna 🦏🦛🐘🦓
De toename in biomassa leidt tot een afname in biodiversiteit in het landschap en verhoogt het risico op natuurbranden. Dat blijkt uit een studie van het @NutNetGlobal waar VUB-onderzoekers Harry Olde Venterink en Judith @SittersJudith aan meewerkten. https://t.co/3USVEmh2nz
Short video I made with the @UniversiteitVL about the return of the wolves to Flanders. In Dutch.
Moeten we blij zijn met wolven? https://t.co/I8gOynHYyv via @YouTube
Elephants prevent soil depletion in African Savana https://t.co/czUcOJVOpm Wrote a blogpost for @WtnschpBXL on my research @MpalaResearch including some pretty pics of the beautiful Kenyan savanna! #ecology#WomenInSTEM
Interesting new paper by Judith Sitters et al shows combinations of domestic cattle & elephants might be a form of sustainable management for African savanna. https://t.co/21zCD8UoSq See also "Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile" https://t.co/u767KhEA8F
Great piece by @erikstokstad in @sciencemagazine on our recent article in @naturesustainab showing that elephants can combat soil depletion by cattle.
Rootin’, poopin’ African elephants help keep soil fertile https://t.co/B8UDR9rjom