Pedro Mittelman

about -- Plant-animal interactions / Food hoarding/ Seed dispersal / Rodents

[Pedro Mittelman @MittelmanPedro]

Paper out at @JAppliedEcology :
Check how mixed forests, and the non-native tree Douglas-fir infleunce the relationship between rodents and seeds.
https://t.co/iHSUgy1Ik9
Photo: Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) in a mixed European beech/Douglas-fir forest

[Megan Brownlee @meganbrownlee_]

🚨Hot off the press!!🚨My MSc article is now published and available for your reading pleasure in Oecologia!

We used 13 years of CMR data to look at how space use influences life history in chipmunks! https://t.co/HV79luiKse

[Aleksandra Wróbel 🕊.🐿️.🌱.🌳 @AleksandraWrbe4]

Cafeteria experiments are commonly used to test for foraging preferences in various animal species. Here, for example, a garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) prefers Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra) seeds over those of European beech (Fagus sylvatica).

[nature @Nature]

Researchers are flocking to the social-media platform Bluesky, hoping to recreate the good old days of Twitter https://t.co/ZEJbWsV35u

[Aleksandra Wróbel 🕊.🐿️.🌱.🌳 @AleksandraWrbe4]

Eurasian jays disperse nuts, such as acorns - but also beechnuts, into managed coniferous monocultures. If only we could let them do their job...

#jay #seeddispersal #forest #research

[Pedro Mittelman @MittelmanPedro]

I am moving there too! https://t.co/zjgBEFWpiw

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky | Science | AAAS https://t.co/wZjvSzOfzG

[Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana]

✳️Descritas dos nuevas especies de ardilla en el sudeste asiático

Se consideraban previamente subespecies de otras dos de amplia distribución. Tras análisis detallados, se encontraron diferencias sustanciales para ser reconocidas como especies únicas.

https://t.co/RHqgQGjiN1

[Ryan Stephens @ryanbstephens]

I'm recruiting a PhD student and at least one masters student starting fall 2025. Please get in touch if you are interested! #Ecology

[Zoo del Pirineu @zoopirineu]

Guarden el menjar 🐿️🍂
Sabies que els esquirols emmagatzemen menjar per a l’hivern? 🐾🍁 Aquest novembre, descobreix aquests hàbits i planta un arbre per ajudar l’ecosistema. Participa en l’activitat dels Herois de l’Hivern i entra al sorteig d’un viatge en trineu amb huskies.

[FayeFlix @FayeFlix]

The Anatomy of a Borb.

By fluffing up their feathers, they trap tiny pockets of air close to their bodies, which acts as insulation. Helping them regulate their temperature and making them very round.

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Geometriphylogenetics https://t.co/9h9Z65RmSK

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

A meta-analysis uses data from over 100 published studies to assess how prey respond behaviorally to different cues of predation risk, and found that the strength responses to direct and indirect cues varied depending on the environment.. 🦁
https://t.co/LfmXHp9D1x
@maggie_mjones

[Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) @BiodiversaPlus]

🌲 #FUNPOTENTIAL (#BiodivClim) shows that enriching beech forests with conifers like Douglas-fir can create a win-win-win for economy, ecology, and ecosystem health. Especially relevant for small forest owners with limited diversification options.
👉 https://t.co/RsX1zUFFCI

[EnriCo - Uni Goettingen @enrico_unigoe]

Let's cheer on Pedro!
Huge shoutout to Pedro for all his hard work and dedication leading up to his PhD defense on interactions between small mammals and trees according to different forest compositions.
🌳🌲🐭🐁
Congratulations Dr. Mittelman
@MittelmanPedro
#PhDone
#Enrico

[American Museum of Natural History @AMNH]

Here’s a hog-nosed shrew rat to brighten your day! Found on Sulawesi Island, this critter feeds on small invertebrates like earthworms and arthropods. In addition to its distinctive flat nose, it also has remarkably long incisors! This species was unknown to science until 2015.

[American Museum of Natural History @AMNH]

Have you ever seen the Malagasy giant rat? Also known as the jumping rat, this rare Madagascan rodent can grow ~24 in (60 cm) from head to tail. It feeds mostly on fallen fruit, seeds, & tree bark. This critter mates for life. Bonded pairs inhabit complex, underground burrows.

[Institute of Vertebrate Biology @ivb_cas]

NEW in #JVertBiol: Direct evidence for nest predation by the edible dormouse (Glis glis, Rodentia) in open-cup nesting songbirds https://t.co/vtAKHK3Azf BioOneNews |@CzechAcademy |@JVertebrBiol |#mammalogy

[Roland Kays @RolandKays]

What eats mushrooms 🍄? We are on a quest to find out! @Bertonemyia @UntamedScience il

[Pedro Jordano @pedro_jordano]

Great to see the preprint of our paper in @ESA_Ecology: a data paper with results of last years field work in #Doñana with camera traps to record plant-animal interactions.
https://t.co/BoDkniyo0W

Suppl. Material and dataset:
https://t.co/Qks56VHWY2
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