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PhD - Assistant Professor USN - Brown Bear Sociality - Social behavior of solitary species - Wildlife Photographer Posts can be either on personal basis or as Heeres Wildlife Photography. https://heereswildlifephotography.eu/

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“The landscape of love”: sex-specific habitat-use during the mating season in a solitary large carnivore - Landscape Ecology Context In mammals, reproductive strategies and movement behavior can differ between sexes, influenced by biological and environmental factors. Whereas males typically adopt a “roam-to-mate” strategy,...

🚨 Paper Alert 🚨

Fourth PhD paper is out in Landscape Ecology!

In this study, we investigated the sex-specific habitat use of brown bears 🐻 during their mating season.

Take a look here: doi.org/10.1007/s109...

#brownbear #ursus #research #phd #behavior #animal #mammal

21.11.2025 10:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Family Breakup Dynamics in a Promiscuous Solitary Mammal Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.

Family Breakup Dynamics in a Promiscuous Solitary Mammal Ecol&Evol

06.09.2025 17:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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PhD ✅

After three years, I successfully defended my project, “Affairs in the forest”, last Thursday. You can find it here: openarchive.usn.no/usn-xmlui/ha...

Big thank you to my supervisors Shane Frank, Martin Leclerc, Fanie Pelletier, and Andreas Zedrosser.

#phd #brownbears #ursus #research

30.08.2025 16:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Short-eared owl on the astonishing island #NorthUist!

Definitely worth a visit! #wild #nature #wildlife #owls #raptors #birds #photography

12.06.2025 12:41 — 👍 35    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 Paper Alert 🚨

Second PhD paper is out in Movement Ecology!

Exploring the behavioral responses of female #brownbears 🐻 to adult males! Females accompanied by dependent offspring, irrespective of age, perceive adult males as risk and use spatiotemporal avoidance tactics! #phd

Here: rdcu.be/emKnG

20.05.2025 07:45 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior

Great to see the feature on the social behaviour of solitary animals being released by #NewScientist #SamWong!

The feature also includes a short section regarding the findings of my first PhD paper. #brownbears #social #solitary #animals #science #wildlife

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

14.04.2025 09:20 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Eurasian Lynx! 🪶🐈🐻

#lynx #lynxlynx #sweden #wild #nature #wildlife #photography #carnivore

15.03.2025 17:53 — 👍 24    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Beautiful puffin! 🪶

#puffin #birds #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #wild #norway #birdsseenin2025

14.03.2025 18:37 — 👍 44    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Definitely my favorite species in South-Africa!

#wilddog #painteddog #africa #wildlife #nature #wild #carnivore #kruger

11.03.2025 18:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One of the best periods of the year, black grouse lekking! 🪶

#birds #grouse #blackgrouse #sweden #nature #wildlife #photography #vogels #fotografie

08.03.2025 20:16 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Soon the games begin again! 🪶

#bird #birds #grouse #birdsseenin2025 #nature #wild #wildlife

07.03.2025 17:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wiggle wiggle! 🪶

#birds #kingfisher #nature #photography #birdsseenin2025 #wildlife

05.03.2025 16:15 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hey! That would be great! Thank you!

05.03.2025 07:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Definitely my favorite owl species!

#greatgreyowl #sweden #owl #wildlife #nature #photography

04.03.2025 21:28 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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