This blog post is provided by Marco Basile, Gilberto Pasinelli, and Eckehard Brockerhoff and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Large-scale importance of bark beetle outbreaks for standing deadwood and woodpeckers”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, the authors revealed the nature of the interaction between bark beetles and woodpeckers, highlighting the beetles’ role as providers of deadwood … Continue reading The Interaction of Bark Beetles, Deadwood and Woodpeckers Over Time