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@oikosjournal.bsky.social
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One of the leading peer-reviewed journals in ecology, owned by the @nordicoikos.bsky.social. Publishes research papers where different aspects of ecology are brought together.

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 2h
🌊🔗Limited connectivity of zooplankton communities across the Labrador Front: role of physical oceanography, insights from individual motility vist.ly/5krxq #LabradorSea #MarineConservationAreas #ReynoldNumber #ShelfBreakFront #ZooplanktonSwimming
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🦊🦆Experimental and field evidence indicate that islet-nesting tundra birds experience reduced nest predation and benefit indirectly from high snow goose densities 📷 Louis-Pierre Ouellet vist.ly/5kmrv
A fox jumps over water holding an egg in its mouth.
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Kai-Philipp Gladow @kpg13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm very proud of my next first-author publication, this time in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! We analysed the breeding #niche of four #raptor species using a novel method for #NicheOverlap of multiple species & found possible factors promoting or hindering #coexistence: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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Alike but still different: coexistence of four raptor species explained by breeding habitat segregation
Understanding how species competing for similar resources coexist and influence each other has been, and still is, one of the big questions of community ecology. This question has often been tackled ...
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔬🏚️Ranavirus risk depends on host community characteristics more than the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis vist.ly/5kb3i #Chytridiomycosis #CoInfection #CommunityEcology #InfectiousDisease #InvasionBiology #Parasitology #Virology
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Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global @iicg-urjc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📰Arantzazu López de Luzuriaga Gamboa, IICG researcher, is co-author of the new article "Common‐garden experimental evaluation of phylogenetic and functional diversity as drivers of plant performance", published in Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social. 👀Read it here👇 doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌳📉Beyond the forest canopy: contrasting strategies of frugivory and seed dispersal across tropical forest–savanna–grassland gradients vist.ly/5k6bv #DispersalSyndrome #DispersalVectors #FruitSize #FruitFrugivoreNetworks #Philomatry #SeedSize
Graphs showing dispersal syndromes: zoochory, anemochory, and autochory across forest, savanna, and grassland.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🐇🌅Home and away: allometry and climate drive morphology of European rabbits in their native and introduced range 📸 Michael S. Y. Lee vist.ly/5juky #Adaptation #InvasiveSpecies #MorphologicalChange #OryctolagusCuniculus
Rabbit in foliage with text about rabbit morphology research.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🛣️🌴Trait-associated pathway links plant diversity to litterfall phenology in a seasonally dry tropical forest vist.ly/5jd2b #BiodiversityAndEcosystemFunctioning #CoastalVegetation #CWM #NicheOverlap #Restinga #SamplingEffect
Diagram showing ecological concepts with graphs labeled environmental seasonality, niche overlap, and community-level phenology.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
⚖️🔬Nonstationarity in wildlife disease dynamics: insights from the prairie dog–plague system vist.ly/5j9ma #AquaticEcology #BenthicAlgae #Dispersal #Disturbance #EcosystemFunction #Metacommunity #Resilience #Stability
Diagram showing Y. pestis pathogen interactions with host, vector, and environment.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🐚💧Dynamic response of communities and ecosystem functions to ecosystem engineering and multiple stressors in a marine mussel bed vist.ly/5itig #BEFRelationships #CommunityEcosystemRelationships #EcosystemDevelopment #EcosystemEngineers #HabitatFormingSpecies #MultipleStressors
Two cages with mussels on rocks and a diagram showing experiment setup with temperature and nutrient controls.
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The #NSOGFÖ2026 is in full swing! A great opportunity to meet the people behind our society journals! @oikosjournal.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social @nordicjbotany.bsky.social @wildlifebiology.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social @ecography.bsky.social
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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The second Poster Session is up this afternoon. Check it out! @nordicoikos.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🧩🪵The importance of biodiversity components differs among wood-based material Nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a tropical montane ecosystem vist.ly/5iida #Biodiversity #Kilimanjaro #MaterialNCP #Nature #ContributionsToPeople #PotentialSupply #RealizedSupply
Diagram showing relationships between elevation, land use intensity, tree height, diversity, and supply of resources.
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
and we’re off for the #NSOGFÖ2026 conference! Looking forward to some great science and networking! @ecography.bsky.social @nordicjbotany.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social @wildlifebiology.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social
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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New publication! To disappear or to hold on? 🌱🌡️💧❄️ In this review article, we discuss the fate of Europe's mountain flora in a warming world 🥵 Paper: Vanneste et al. 2026 OIkos @oikosjournal.bsky.social 🏔️ doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🌺◽▫️Floral resource-mediated multilayer networks: structure and pollinators' roles vist.ly/5i4re #BeeTraits #Buzzing #FloralResourceMediatedLayers #NetworkRobustness #OilCollectingBees #Plant #BeeInteractionNetwork
Diagram of floral resource-mediated networks with nectar, pollen, and oil layers, and bee interactions.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🕊️🍒Between birch and berries: seasonal dietary niche partitioning among sympatric alpine herbivorous birds 📷 Jan Eivind Østnes vist.ly/5hy54 #AlpineHerbivore #DietaryOverlap #DNAMetabarcoding #NichePartitioning #SpeciesInteraction #SympatricSpecies
White ptarmigan on grassy mound with cloudy sky.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🫐Our cover for September! It features a crejoá (Cotinga maculata, Cotingidae), an endemic and endangered frugivorous bird of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, an example of novel plant–frugivore interactions in the Anthropocene - the focus of this Issue. 📸Ciro Albano vist.ly/5htr4
Colorful bird with blue and magenta plumage eating berries from a branch.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🛶🟩Characterising fine-scale habitat associations for range expanding species with limited data: a case study on the West Nile Virus vector, Culex modestus vist.ly/5hp5t #BayesianStatistics #CulexModestus #EcologicalNiche #HabitatSuitability #VectorSurveillance
Eight maps with color codes showing distances related to species and global data, larval sampling marked with X.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🏃‍♂️🫠No way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming Mediterranean vist.ly/5hjkq #CoralligenousAssemblages #ExtremeStorm #FunctionalRecovery #MarineHeatwaves #RecoveryDebt #TraitBasedApproach
Graphs showing coral cover changes and photos of coral reef at various recovery stages.Multiple charts with ecological data analysis including storm-impacted and reference sites, feeding strategy, and physical defenses.
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Alexandria G. Lacoursière (she/her) @ecostatsdria.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New paper out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social! So so grateful to have been part of this project with one of my mentors and friends, Dr Dave Jenkins. #ecology #science Read below: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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A tipping point for tipping points
Tipping points (TPs) – often understood as abrupt changes to a system – have become a popular framework for ecology and environmental science across spatial and temporal scales. The underlying, quant...
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🗺️🍽️The effect of resource concentration on consumer population densities depends on spatial scale and diet breadth vist.ly/5h67t #CommunityEcology #DietBreadth #Herbivory #PlantInsectInteractions #ResourceConcentration
Map of study plots in Connecticut, USA, with plot layout diagram.
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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are excited to announce our second keynote speaker for the #NSOGFÖ2026 Conference: Prof. Dr. Isabell Hensen from @unihalle.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🦎🏜️Detecting functional diversity loss under directional, stabilizing, and disruptive models of nonrandom anthropogenic extinction of species 📷Miguel Landestoy vist.ly/5gzqf #AdaptiveLandscape #Anthropocene #AnthropogenicImpact #BodySize #Caribbean #Deforestation
Lizard with a coiled tail on a natural ground setting.
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Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. @gfoesoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We are excited to share in the next days our Keynote Speakers of this years Joint NSO-Gfö Conference in Odense with you! First up: @mrillig.bsky.social Professor of Plant Ecology from @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @oikosjournal.bsky.social @nordicoikos.bsky.social #NSOGfÖ2026
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📊🦅Different demographic drivers of recovery in two adjacent populations of a long-lived bird of prey vist.ly/5gv52 #HaliaeetusAlbicilla #IntegratedPopulationModel #PopulationDynamics #Raptor #TotalPopulationSize
Grid maps of Northern Europe from 1970 to 2022 showing climate data changes.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🍃🦋Contrasting local adaptation patterns in two sister taxa of a generalist herbivore vist.ly/5gqpz #DietBreadth #InsectHerbivore #LocalAdaptation #ReciprocalTransplant
Diagram of tree species and leaves categorized by regions CO, DC, and MA with labels and images.Four graphs showing survival rates of cherry and box elder trees at different experimental sites with lines representing origin sites.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🔄🪲Positive feedback between invasive species in a sub-Antarctic ecosystem vist.ly/5ggh8 #BiologicalInvasions #FacilitativeInteractions #GlobalChange #NonNativeSpecies #SubAntarcticEcosystems #TrophicInteractions
Grassy hills and calm water with mountains in South Georgia, map overlay included.Diagram showing insect and plant interaction with abundance and temperature data.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
⚒️🗾Human activities and topographical heterogeneity shape Pinus L. species richness patterns in North America vist.ly/5gc68 #ClimateSeasonality #Hotspots #HumanActivities #Pinus #StructuralEquationModeling #TopographicalHeterogeneity
Maps showing biodiversity and protected areas in North America with overlays indicating species coverage.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our cover for August! 🦏 A new study by Stein & Shrader of nearly 70,000 sightings reveals that black rhinos, despite being considered solitary, form complex associations shaped by familiarity. vist.ly/5g879 📷Jenny Hishin
Three rhinos on a natural landscape on OIKOS magazine cover.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚶‍♂️🌳Humans acting as ‘super predators' in Central African forests: trophic downgrading and disruption of predator–prey dynamics vist.ly/5g7zi #Carnivore #CommunityEcology #Defaunation #Felid #LandscapeOfFear #TrophicCascade
Diagram showing animal interactions and ecological covariates.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🗺️🏃Habitat fragmentation and amount drive within-species variation in dispersal kernels and limit transferability across landscapes vist.ly/5fxgj #DispersalKernel #IndividualBasedDispersalModelling #LandscapeConfiguration #LongDistanceDispersal #MarkRecapture
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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Should journals reject papers after “too many” unsuccessful reviewer invitations? nso-journals.org/all-news/vie...
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View from the editor's desk | Should journals reject papers after “too many” unsuccessful reviewer invitations? — NSO Journals
Reviewer availability is not a measure of manuscript quality; journals should keep searching and authors should help broaden the reviewer pool . Read more from Oikos Editor-in-Chief Pedro Peres-Neto.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
💥Ignite: 🐜Hidden role plasticity of the reproductive caste in a morphologically differentiated termite society vist.ly/5fn68 #BehavioralFlexibility #CastePolyphenism #CollectiveTransport #ColonyRelocation #DevelopmentalCanalization
Ants and termites on the ground, with a white termite in close-up.Infographic showing ant roles, traffic proportions, correlations, and time-based behaviors.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
📆Multi-year partner fidelity is associated with higher annual reproductive output in a biparental subtropical shorebird 📷Miroslav Šálek vist.ly/5fhtr #AvianEcology #DoubleBrooding #IntermittentBreeding #MatingSystems #Monogamy #MultipleSeasonalReproduction #TropicalShorebirds #Waders
Three birds with orange and black markings stand on sandy ground.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🌍💊Continental accumulation of fads2 copy numbers allows sticklebacks to thrive across a diversity of nutritional landscapes vist.ly/5fdi7 #Diet #Fads2 #FattyAcids #Freshwater #Marine #Synthesis #ThreespineSticklebacks
Map of Europe with data points and a graph of relative fads2 copy number.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🟨🐭Patch quality affords behavioral flexibility in collared pikas Ochotona collaris, potentially increasing climate resiliency 📷Jennifer L. Wall vist.ly/5f987 #Alaska #BehavioralPlasticity #ClimateChange #DenaliNationalParkPreserve #Microclimate #ThermalRefugia #Warming
Small mammal perched on rocks with text about habitat and heat.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
2️⃣🔄The dual role of detritus as resource and habitat: integrating non-trophic processes to ecosystem dynamics vist.ly/5f4gp #EcosystemEngineering #EcosystemStability #EnvironmentalStochasticity #HigherOrderInteractions #NonlinearDynamics #Recycling #TrophicControl
Diagram with labeled ecological processes and a graph showing consumer limitation.Diagram showing control for non-trophic processes and recycling with different scenarios represented by arrows and colored shapes.
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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Let me know if you’re attending and want to talk about potential papers for @oikosjournal.bsky.social or the publication system in general.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
👔☀️Dress for success: climate pressures predict fur insulation and body size in natural and reintroduced populations of a threatened marsupial 📷 Jack Bilby vist.ly/5esyi #Insulation #BodySize #GeographicVariation #Reintroduction #FunctionalTraits #MacrotisLagotis
A bandicoot with large ears sniffs the ground in a desert at night.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🏚️🌴Habitat loss reshuffles ecological and evolutionary interactions in a seed dispersal network vist.ly/5enh7 #AtlanticForest #Evolution #EvolutionaryDistinctness #Frugivores #SeedDispersal
Map of South America highlighting Euterpe edulis distribution in Atlantic Forest.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🗾🌿Drivers of individual plant species contributions to β-diversity are scale-dependent vist.ly/5ed5n #BetaDiversity #BioticHomogenisation #CommunityAssembly #FunctionalTraits #InvasionBiology #PhylogeneticDistance #SpatialScaling
Diagram with plant illustrations and fractal triangles emphasizing size and phylogenetic effects.Graph of species coefficient estimates with variables like SLA and Height, shown with dots and error bars in different colors.
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Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📢 Registration is closing soon! Don't miss your chance to join us. Secure your place before registration closes on 16 August. We look forward to welcoming you! 🔗 Register now: vist.ly/5ebgu
Moth on a pink flower with text about NSO-GfÖ conference registration.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔲🧠Evidence for dispersal personality in the guppy across ecological conditions, with a minor effect of relative brain size vist.ly/5e8nu #CognitiveBufferHypothesis #DispersalSyndrome #EnvironmentalVariability #Personality #PoeciliaReticulata #RelativeBrainSize
Diagram with fish tanks showing habituation, treatment, and dispersal stages, with control and drought scenarios.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Editor's choice & Ignite 👍🔥: Environmental temperature shapes heart size evolution in birds vist.ly/5dy34 #BodySize #FlightMode #HeartSize #Hesse #Srule
Diagram of Hesse's rule in birds with arrows showing heart size differences in colder and warmer climates.Circular phylogenetic tree with colored branches representing bird orders.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
💧➿Spatial and temporal variation in climate and conflict explains 35 years of developmental plasticity in a polyphenism vist.ly/5dtfv #Amphibians #ClimateChange #FacultativePaedomorphosis #PhenotypicPlasticity #ReactionNorms
Map with numbers and annotations showing temperature data and environment types.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ignite🔥: 🌧️Rainfall increases generalization of pollination networks and heterospecific pollen deposition in arid ecosystems vist.ly/5dnri #AridityGradient #Nestedness #PollenTransfer #Pollinators #Specialization
Map and chart of Chile with cactus landscapes, labeled sites CA, HU, CO.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🦠🛞Drivers of metabolic density-dependence: how resource availability and conspecific cues affect phytoplankton metabolism vist.ly/5dd2m #Competition #EnergyFlux #Growth #MetabolicSuppression #Plasticity #Respiration
Diagram showing experimental setup with algae treatments and growth analysis.Green round organisms under a microscope on a purple background.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🐠〰️Fish community trait dissimilarity dampens synchronizing effect of environmental fluctuations vist.ly/5d5zd #SpatialSynchrony #FreshwaterFish #FunctionalTraits #CommunityThermalIndex #MoranEffect
Diagram with graphs showing patterns of thermal trait synchrony in ecological communities.
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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🦏🤝Familiarity and aggression shape long-term associations and mortality risk in a solitary ungulate 📷Jenny Hishin vist.ly/5czgc #BlackRhinoceros #DicerosBicornis #Fitness #Groups #Offspring #Social #SolitaryLiving
Group of rhinos standing together in a natural setting.
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