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Tanja M. Straka

@tanjastraka.bsky.social
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🌃 Urban ecologist | Human-Wildlife Interactions | 🦇 Bats | @FU_Berlin Guest Prof | IUCN SSC 🦇 (Human Dimensions) |🌱|#SharedUrbanHabitats

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Joanna Coleman @joannacoleman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Behaviours (like PPE use) to reduce pathogen transmission between bat researchers & bats are vital (and should be adopted by all who work with wildlife in the field). The best way to increase their uptake is for mentors to help shift norms. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Drivers of bat researchers’ intent to adopt field hygiene practices
Infectious disease is a growing threat to wildlife, with zoonotic transmission most likely at the human–wildlife interface. One underappreciated activity at this interface is fieldwork with wild anim....
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Kirstin Drenkhahn @drenkhahnk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wir haben mit einem Team @fubcp.bsky.social @tanjastraka.bsky.social @jurafuberlin.bsky.social bei #FUturist mitgemacht und werden jetzt mit der Initiative Rattengiftfreier Campus unterstützt!
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Great start to our "Wildlife in Urban Spaces" symposium! This morning, two excellent speakers, @tanjastraka.bsky.social & Jannis Gottwald, shared insights on interdisciplinary approaches & the latest technical advancements in measuring and understanding human-wildlife interactions. #dzg2025
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 26/03/2025
New Review out this week: Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature go.nature.com/4l4wcQs 🌎🧪
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Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Urban biodiversity underpins ecosystem services in cities, but faces multiple pressures from human activities, declining engagement of urban residents with nature, and inadequate governance systems. T...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 03/04/2025
A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity discusses the benefits provided by urban biodiversity, the challenges it faces, and approaches to its promotion and conservation. go.nature.com/4i0Uh8d 🧪
This is figure 4, which shows the multifunctionality of urban green spaces, such as community gardens, public parks and streetscapes.
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Nadja Kabisch @nadjakabisch.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Happy to see our new article out on "Promoting urban biodiversity for the benefit of people and nature" in #NatureReviewsBiodiversity led by the amazing Ingo Kowarik with D. Haase, L. Fischer, F. Kleinschroth, C. von Haaren, @anurbanforester.bsky.social and @tanjastraka.bsky.social 🎉 rdcu.be/ee3sX
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Tanja M. Straka @tanjastraka.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Does wisdom come with age? When it comes to nature, yes! 🌿🐦. We found in Germany that adults know more about species & feel more connected to nature than adolescents (<18). Why does this matter? Species knowledge fosters nature-relatedness, which influences pro-conservation intentions: rdcu.be/ecwUC
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Tanja M. Straka @tanjastraka.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Happy to share our new research from Berlin on how urbanization impacts top predators & alters biotic interactions in urban dry grasslands! We found urbanization alters the regulation in predator–prey–mutualistic communities. 🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/FGSGZF...
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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Biomes are history! Welcome to Anthromes! 🌆🌾 🌍 From urban jungles to cropland vistas, humans have reshaped the planet so much that we’ve created our own ecosystems. Nature + humanity = anthromes. The Anthropocene in action. #Anthromes #Ecology #ScienceFacts” anthroecology.org/anthromes/gu...
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