The cost of claw loss: The consequences of #autotomy on #burrowing in an ecosystem engineer, the Slender Crayfish zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #crayfish #ecosystemengineer #crustaceans @elissazcameron.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
In a nearly 30-year case study, federally protected gopher #tortoise populations in southwest #Alabama persist longer than populations with only state-level protections. Habitat loss remains the greatest threat - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EcosystemEngineer
Community- and species-level responses of #reptiles to an avian ecosystem engineer - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Photo: Bryan Maritz #Kalahari #ecosystemengineer @amcell.bsky.social @uhl-lab.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social
Build once, house many. Aardvark burrows turn into real estate for the neighbourhood, sheltering a parade of African species.
#Aardvark #EcosystemEngineer #WildlifeFacts #AfricaWildlife #Burrows #Biodiversity #Conservation #AfricaFevers
Camera trap photo of a beaver descending it's dam.
OTD in '19: a clear beaver from back when they were maintaining the big dam.
🦊🦫 #trailcam #cameratrap #NewEnglandWildlife #MAwildlife #photooftheday #CastorCanadensis #beaver #EcosystemEngineer
Ecosystem engineer (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
An ecosystem engineer is any species that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on species richness and landscape-level heterogeneity of an area. As a result, ecosystem engineers are […]
An image of a baby otter in water looking very cute with the title The Otter
Can you tell the difference between an otter and a mink? 🦦
Otters are our Rewilding Species of the Month! Read our blog post about them here:
wildcard.land/2025/06/rewi...
#Rewilding #NatureRestoration #EcosystemEngineer #WorldOtterDay
Camera trap image of a lesser anteater entering an armadillo's burrow
‘Knocking’ on armadillo's door: Uncovering the use of an #ecosystem engineer's #burrow by the lesser anteater zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #cameratraps #Pantanal #Tamandua #anteater #ecosystemengineer #armadillo
#InvertOfTheWeek:
Belonocnema kinseyi - a cynipid #wasp that induces plant tumors called #galls on the leaves of live #oaks & serves as an #EcosystemEngineer since the gall houses 25+ other invertebrate species, including inquilines, parasitoids, & hyperparasitoids.
#biodiversity
New publication: Testing the impacts of invasive #jumpingworms at their northern range limit. #nonnativespecies #climatechange #biodiversity #citizenscience #earthworm #megascolecidae #ecosystemengineer
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103590
You can read about the role of Marsh Lousewort as an #EcosystemEngineer here: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/...
@judyweb32049878
Our #volunteers spent a lot of time today collecting Marsh Lousewort (Pedicularis palustris) from the west side of the Valley where it grows in profusion. Nationally #Vulnerable, and #Rare in Oxon, it's a semi-parasite that reduces reed growth. #FenRestoration #EcosystemEngineer
Millions of yellow rattle seedlings now appearing across the meadow, along with the first few eyebright seedlings #spring #meadowmaker #EcosystemEngineer #keystonespecies @PlantlifeCymru @Love_plants @WildLakeland @ydmt @RobHavard1 @NTWales @WTWales @CoronationMdows
Great Story of #Bison reintroduction in Romania from @adamvaughan_uk. Bring them back to the UK. #ecosystemengineer www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/21/...
