Do red squirrels and dormice get along?

Can animals live together high above the ground in the treetops? Researchers used cameras placed high in the forest canopy to find out. They discovered that they can: in fact, forests combining both deciduous and conifer trees make it easier for red squirrels and dormice to coexist: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=7853

#MixedForests #biodiversity #ForestEcology #WildlifeSciences

Research in #EuropeanJournalofWildlifeResearch: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-025-01947-y

The #Europeanbeech #Fagus #sylvatica (#Fagaceae) is considered a very original #faunalelement of #CentralEurope and is still the most common tree in native #mixedforests. The #tree can live up to 300 years. During the last #IceAge, this tree species was only found in #refuges in #SouthernEurope, from where it subsequently spread northward again. #biodiversity #trees

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin, #Rehberge #Park, May 2025.

Photos: European beech forest in urban park Rehberge Berlin, © S.F. Wirth