• A human-induced landscape of fear influences foraging behavior of brown bears 

      Lodberg-Holm, Hanna Kavli; Gelink, Henriette Wathne; Hertel, Anne Gabriela; Swenson, Jon; Domevscik, Matej; Steyaert, Sam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Animals adapt their foraging behavior to variations in food availability and predation risk. In Sweden, brown bears (Ursus arctos) depend on a nearly continuous intake of berries, especially bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) ...
    • Effects of heterogeneity on the ecological diversity and redundancy of forest fauna 

      Heidrich, Lea; Brandl, Roland; Ammer, Christian; Bae, Soyeon; Bässler, Claus; Doerfler, Inken; Fischer, Markus; Gossner, Martin M.; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Heibl, Christoph; Jung, Kirsten; Krzystek, Peter; Levick, Shaun; Magdon, Paul; Schall, Peter; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Seibold, Sebastian; Simons, Nadja K.; Thorn, Simon; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wöllauer, Stephan; Müller, Jörg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Heterogeneity in forests might promote biodiversity not only through an increase in niche volume but also through other processes, such as an increase in resources and their spatial distribution. However, negative relationships ...
    • Red fox cannibalism in a temperate forest ecosystem 

      Muther, Sandrina; Premier, Joe; Gahbauer, Martin; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Scavengers benefit from carrion and simultaneously provide essential ecosystem services. To assess benefits and risks that carrion might bring, it is crucial to understand ecosystem-specific scavenger communities. Carrion ...
    • Seasonal variability of scavenger visitations is independent of carrion predictability 

      De Pelsmaeker, Nicolas; Ferry, Nicolas; Stiegler, Jonas; Selva, Nuria; von Hoermann, Christian; Müller, Jörg; Heurich, Marco Dietmar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      In temperate regions, larger mammalian carrion naturally occurs in terrestrial landscapes as a pulsed resource towards the end of the winter through enhanced ungulate mortality due to starvation or exhaustion. The return ...