This blog post is provided by Yangheshan Yang and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Unexpected asymmetric Qinghai-Tibetan wildlife dietary response to anthropause: rapid initial shifts and a slow return”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Yang and colleagues show the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diets of roadside pika populations on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. We did … Continue reading When the Roads Went Quiet: What Pikas Taught Us About Wildlife Responses to the Anthropause