References / Literatur

Photos from our Belgian field study by Goedele Verbeylen, Natuurpunt Studie, Mammal Working Group, from our rehabilitation studies at Bat Rehabilitation Ireland by Susan Kerwin, from our rehabilitation study at Stiftung Wildstation Landshut and from research by Nedko Nedyalkov.

Nest Hole Dimensions

How small should the entrance be? Is it possible to let common dormice Muscardinus avellanarius enter nest boxes and exclude other species?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333220910_How_small_should_the_entrance_be_Is_it_possible_to_let_common_dormice_Muscardinus_avellanarius_enter_nest_boxes_and_exclude_other_species

Endangered Species in Switzerland

InfoFauna Species Maps:
https://lepus.infofauna.ch/carto/

Eliomys quercinus Species Map
https://lepus.infofauna.ch/carto/70808

Muscardinus avellanarius Species Map

https://lepus.infofauna.ch/carto/70809

Dryomys nitedula Species Map
https://lepus.infofauna.ch/carto/70814

Glis glis Species Map

https://lepus.infofauna.ch/carto/70810

Ordinance on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHO): Annex 3 – List of Protected Animals
Verordnun über den Natur- und Heimatschutz (NHV): Anhang 3 – Liste der geschützten Tiere
Ordonnance sur la protection de la nature et du paysage (OPN): Annexe 3 – Liste de la faune protégée
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1991/249_249_249/en#annex_3
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1991/249_249_249/de#annex_3
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1991/249_249_249/fr#annex_3

List of National Priority Species and Habitats, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Liste der National Prioritären Arten und Lebensräume, Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU
Liste des espèces et des milieux prioritaires au niveau national, Office fédéral de l’environnement OFEV

Lista delle specie e degli ambienti prioritari a livello nazionale, Ufficio federale dell’ambiente UFAM
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/de/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/liste_der_nationalprioritaerenarten.pdf.download.pdf/liste_der_nationalprioritaerenarten.pdf
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/fr/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/liste_der_nationalprioritaerenarten.pdf.download.pdf/liste_des_especesprioritairesauniveaunational.pdf
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/it/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/liste_der_nationalprioritaerenarten.pdf.download.pdf/lista_delle_specieprioritariealivellonazionale.pdf
Formerly:

https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/biodiversitaet/publikationen-studien/publikationen/liste-national-prioritaeren-arten.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/fr/home/themes/biodiversite/publications/publications-biodiversite/liste-especes-prioritaires-nationales.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/it/home/temi/biodiversita/pubblicazioni/pubblicazioni-biodiversita/lista-specie-prioritarie-nazionale.html

List of National Priority Species, Swiss Federal Department for the Environment, 2010
Liste der National Prioritären Arten, Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU, Stand 2010
https://www.infoflora.ch/de/assets/content/documents/conservation_divers_D_F/Priorit%C3%A4re_arten_D.pdf

Red List of Bat Species – Endangered Species of Switzerland, 2011

Rote Liste Fledermäuse – Gefährdete Arten der Schweiz, Stand 2011
Office fédéral de l’environnement OFEV – Liste rouge Chauves-souris, état 2011
Ufficio federale dell’ambiente UFAM – Lista Rossa Pipistrelli, stato 2011

https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/de/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/rote_liste_fledermaeuse.pdf.download.pdf/rote_liste_fledermaeuse.pdf

Formerly:
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/biodiversitaet/publikationen-studien/publikationen/rote-liste-fledermaeuse.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/fr/home/themes/biodiversite/publications/publications-biodiversite/liste-rouge-chauves-souris.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/it/home/temi/biodiversita/pubblicazioni/pubblicazioni-biodiversita/lista-rossa-pipistrelli.html

Red List of Mammals (Excluding Bats) – Endangered Species of Switzerland
Rote Liste der Säugetiere (ohne Fledermäuse) – Gefährdete Arten der Schweiz
Liste rouge des mammifères (hors chauves-souris)
Lista Rossa dei Mammiferi (esclusi i pipistrelli)
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/de/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/rote-liste-saeugetiere.pdf.download.pdf/rote-liste-der-saeugetiere.pdf
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/fr/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/rote-liste-saeugetiere.pdf.download.pdf/liste-rouge-des-mammiferes.pdf
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/dam/bafu/it/dokumente/biodiversitaet/uv-umwelt-vollzug/rote-liste-saeugetiere.pdf.download.pdf/rote-liste-saeugetiere.pdf
Formerly:

https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/biodiversitaet/publikationen-studien/publikationen/rote-listen-saeugetiere.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/fr/home/themes/biodiversite/publications/publications-biodiversite/liste-rouge-mammiferes.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/it/home/temi/biodiversita/pubblicazioni/pubblicazioni-biodiversita/rote-listen-saeugetiere.html

A summary in English of the above: Red List Chiroptera (bats) – Summary

https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home/topics/biodiversity/publications-studies/publications/red-list-chiroptera.html

Red List of Nesting Birds – Endangered Species of Switzerland
Rote Liste der Brutvögel – Gefährdete Arten der Schweiz
Liste rouge des oiseaux nicheurs – Espèces menacées en Suisse
Lista Rossa degli Uccelli nidificanti – Specie minacciate in Svizzera
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/biodiversitaet/publikationen-studien/publikationen/rote-liste-der-brutvoegel-2021.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/fr/home/themes/biodiversite/publications/publications-biodiversite/liste-rouge-oiseaux-nicheurs-2021.html
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/it/home/temi/biodiversita/pubblicazioni/pubblicazioni-biodiversita/lista-rossa-degli-uccelli-nidificanti.html

Red List of Canton Basel City – Endangered Species in the Canton of Basel-Stadt
Rote Listen Kanton Basel-Stadt – Die gefährdeten Arten im Kanton Basel-Stadt
https://www.bs.ch/publikationen/broschuere-rote-listen-kanton-basel-stadt-die-gefaehrdeten-arten-im-kanton-basel-stadt

Of Hedge Ghosts and Climbing Masters – Detection, Conservation and Support of Dormice, Naturmuseum Solothurn

Von Heckengeistern und Klettermeistern – Nachweis, Schutz und Förderung von Schlafmäuse, Naturmuseum Solothurn
https://naturmuseum-so.ch/app/uploads/2023/11/Web_Infobroschuere_Schlaefer_ES.pdf

Final Report April 2022: Hedge Ghosts & Climbing Masters – In search of Dormice in the Cantons of Solothurn and Bern With a Focus on the Central Plateau & Jura, Naturmuseum Solothurn

Schlussbericht April 2022: Heckengeister & Klettermeister – Auf der Suche nach den Bilchen in den Kantonen Solothurn und Bern mit Fokus Mittelland & Jura, Naturmuseum Solothurn
https://naturmuseum-so.ch/app/uploads/2022/04/Heckengeister_Schlussbericht2022-1.pdf

Naturmuseum Solothurn – Hedge Ghosts & Climbing Masters
Naturmuseum Solothurn – Heckengeister & Klettermeister

Naturmuseum Solothurn – Fantôme des haies & maître grimpeur
https://naturmuseum-so.ch/ueber-uns/projekte/heckengeister-klettermeister/
https://naturmuseum-so.ch/ueber-uns/projekte/fantome-des-haies/

Action Plan for Dormouse Species in Canton of Bern
Aktionsplan für die Schläfer im Kanton Bern
https://www.verein-minimus.ch/projekte/aktionsplan

Comparing thermal imagery and tracking tunnels to detect edible dormouse (Glis glis) and hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Irene C. Weinberger and Thomas Briner
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397842169_Comparing_thermal_imagery_and_tracking_tunnels_to_detect_edible_dormouse_Glis_glis_and_hazel_dormouse_Muscardinus_avellanarius

Dormice (family Gliridae) at a European Level

Conservation status and challenges for European dormice populations (abstract)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387377378_Conservation_status_and_challenges_for_European_dormice_populations

How big is best? Various nest box sizes and their acceptance by Muscardinus avellanarius (Rodentia: Gliridae)

https://publikace.nm.cz/file/1d1bc30300be77a20f8ba58db61bfb42/20285/037_042_Heberer.pdf

Juškaitis, Rimvydas; Balčiauskas, Linas; Baltrūnaitė, Laima and Augutė, Vita
Dormouse (Gliridae) populations on the northern periphery of their distributional ranges: a review
https://bioone.org/journals/folia-zoologica/volume-64/issue-4/fozo.v64.i4.a2.2015/Dormouse-Gliridae-populations-on-the-northern-periphery-of-their-distributional/10.25225/fozo.v64.i4.a2.2015.full

Juškaitis, Rimvydas

The Common Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius: Ecology, Population Structure and Dynamics, 2^nd Edition 2014

Nature Research Centre Publishers, Vilnius

Long-term common dormouse monitoring: Effects of forest management on abundance
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225400039_Long-term_common_dormouse_monitoring_Effects_of_forest_management_on_abundance

Relations between common dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) and other occupants of bird nest-boxes in Lithuania

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256093964_Relations_between_common_dormice_Muscardinus_avellanarius_and_other_occupants_of_bird_nest-boxes_in_Lithuania

Morris, P. (2011). Dormice: A Tale of Two
Species. Stowmarket: Whittet Books

International Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2008

https://www.iucnredlist.org

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2023 Eliomys quercinus
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7618/3139783

Veterinary Medicine and Rehabilitation

Sabine Gallenberger

https://eichhoernchen-infos.de/

Susan McKay – Improve Veterinary Practice

https://www.veterinary-practice.com/article/vitamin-k-and-anticoagulant-poisoning

JP Quéré & H Le Louarn

Les rongeurs de France

Health Risks and Microbiological Safety in the Field

Sleep insufficiency and life expectancy at the state-county level in the united states, 2019-2025

Kathryn E McAuliffe, Madeline R Wary, Gemma V Pleas, Kiziah E S Pugmire, Courtney Lysiak, Nathan F Dieckmann, Brooke M Shafer, Andrew W McHill
https://academic.oup.com/sleepadvances/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf090/8373869

Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress
Elissa S Epel, Elizabeth H Blackburn, Jue Lin, Firdaus S Dhabhar, Nancy E Adler, Jason D Morrow, Richard M Cawthon
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC534658/

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health FOPH – Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Virus
Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG – Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis (FSME)

Office fédéral de la santé publique OFSP – Méningo-encéphalite à tiques (FSME)
Ufficio federale della sanità pubblica UFSP – Meningoencefalite primaverile-estiva (FSME) / Meningoencefalite da zecche (TBE)

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/fsme.html

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/fsme.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/fsme.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/fsme.html

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health Recommendations – Rabies Virus

Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG – Tollwut

Office fédéral de la santé publique OFSP – Rage
Ufficio federale della sanità pubblica UFSP – Rabbia
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/tollwut.html

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/tollwut.html

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/tollwut.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/tollwut.html

Swiss Federal Office of Public Health FOPH – Hantavirus
Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG – Hantavirus
Office fédéral de la santé publique OFSP – Hantavirus
Ufficio federale della sanità pubblica UFSP – Hantavirus

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/hanta.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/hanta.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/hanta.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/hanta.html

Lyme Disease / Lyme borreliosis
Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG – Borreliose / Lyme-Krankheit
Office fédéral de la santé publique OFSP – Borréliose / Maladie de Lyme
Ufficio federale della sanità pubblica UFSP – Borreliosi o malattia di Lyme
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/borreliose-lyme-krankheit.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/borreliose-lyme-krankheit.html
https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home/krankheiten/krankheiten-im-ueberblick/borreliose-lyme-krankheit.html

Hazards Inherent in Work Involving Milgram’s Ape (Homo Sapiens)

Behavioral Study of Obedience, Stanley Milgram
https://www.demenzemedicinagenerale.net/pdf/MilgramOriginalWork.pdf

Researchers and Conservation Organisations

Bat Tree Habitat Key

http://battreehabitatkey.co.uk

Bat Rehabilitation Ireland

https://batrehabilitationireland.ie

Stiftung Wildstation Landshut 

https://www.wildstation.ch

Goedele Verbeylen 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Goedele-Verbeylen
https://vimeo.com/goedeleverbeylen

https://www.natuurpunt.be/soorten/zoogdieren/eikelmuis

Conor Kelleher
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Conor-Kelleher-3

Natuurpunt

https://www.natuurpunt.be

Nedko Nedyalkov
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nedko-Nedyalkov

Will Robertson
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Will-Robertson-6

Fledermausschutz at Zoo Zürich (Bat Rehabilitation at Zürich Zoo)
https://www.zoo.ch/de/naturschutz-tiere/naturschutzprojekte/fledermaeuse

Tearmann Dúlra Gleann Garbh / Glengarriff Nature Reserve

https://www.glengarriffnaturereserve.ie

Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center (available in English)
https://batsukraine.org/en/

Naturmuseum Solothurn
https://naturmuseum-so.ch/

Reed D. Crawford
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reed-Crawford-2

Thomas Briner

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Briner

Irene Weinberger
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irene-Weinberger-2

Martin Jones

https://pythonforbiologists.com

Pascal Hermes

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pascal-Hermes

Francis Schwarze

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francis-Schwarze

Roach’s Dormouse (Myomimus roachi)

Nedko Nedyalkov’s work on Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi)

Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328969045_Updated_distribution_of_the_elusive_Roach’s_mouse-tailed_dormouse_Myomimus_roachi_Bate_1937_Mammalia_Rodentia_Gliridae_in_Bulgaria

Ecology and biology of the Roach’s Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi, Bate 1937)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359983597_Ecology_and_biology_of_the_Roach’s_Mouse-tailed_Dormouse_Myomimus_roachi_Bate_1937

Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria, Volume 2 – Animals, Vol II – articles
http://e-ecodb.bas.bg/rdb/en/vol2/texts.html

Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria – Mouse-tailed Dormouse (Myomimus roachi)
http://e-ecodb.bas.bg/rdb/en/vol2/Myroachi.html

Thermal Stability of Bat Roosts and Bat Boxes (for family Vespertilionidae)

Improving the science and practice of using artificial roosts for bats
Reed D. Crawford and Joy M. O’Keefe

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cobi.14170

Avoiding a conservation pitfall: Considering the risks of unsuitably hot bat boxes

Reed D. Crawford and Joy M. O’Keefe

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/csp2.412

Stephen R. Griffiths et al.

Chainsaw-Carved Cavities Better Mimic the Thermal Properties of Natural Tree Hollows than Nest Boxes and Log Hollows

Griffiths, Lentini, Semmens, Watson, Lumsden and Robert

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/5/235

eDNA Techniques – PCR/NAAT

Mu-DNA: a modular universal DNA extraction method adaptable for a wide range of sample types
Graham S. Sellers, Cristina Di Muri, Africa Gómez and Bernd Hänfling

https://mbmg.pensoft.net/article/24556/

Long livestock farming history and human landscape shaping revealed by lake sediment DNA

Charline Giguet-Covex, Johan Pansu et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms4211

Interaction Between Fungi and Trees

Schwarze, Francis (2008). Diagnosis and Prognosis of the Development of Wood Decay in Urban Trees.

Rowville: ENSPEC.

Schwarze, Francis, Julia Engels and Claus Mattheck (2012). Fungal Strategies of Wood Decay in Trees.

Berlin: Springer Verlag

C. Mattheck, K. Bethge & D. Erb 1993
Failure criteria for trees
Arboricultural Journal, Vol. 17, S. 201–209

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071375.1993.9746963

Endangered Species in Belgium

The IUCN Red List of mammals in Flanders
De IUCN Rode Lijst van de zoogdieren in Vlaanderen
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272149298_De_IUCN_Rode_Lijst_van_de_zoogdieren_in_Vlaanderen

Non-flying mammals in the Walloon Region: population trends.
Les mammifères non volants de la Region wallonne: tendances des populations.
(Eliomys and Muscardinus were not assessed because data deficient.)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270105416_Les_mammiferes_non_volants_de_la_Region_wallonne_tendances_des_populations

Brussels Red List

No official red list because the area is too small.

Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius

Nest site selection and use of other habitats by the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius in Voeren (Flanders)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339130760_Nest_site_selection_and_use_of_other_habitats_by_the_hazel_dormouse_Muscardinus_avellanarius_in_Voeren_Flanders

PTES Hazel dormouse ecology
https://ptes.org/campaigns/dormice/about-hazel-dormice/hazel-dormouse-ecology/

Investigating the use of artificial nest boxes positioned at different heights on trees and in isolated positions by dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius): Implications for current survey guidelines
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12330

Garden Dormouse Eliomys quercinus

They’re often in a hole: opportunistic nest site selection by garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus) in Flanders and Brussels

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383848247_They’re_often_in_a_hole_opportunistic_nest_site_selection_by_garden_dormice_Eliomys_quercinus_in_Flanders_and_Brussels

Through thickets and treetops: unveiling habitat habits of garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus) in Flanders and Brussels

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383848424_Through_thickets_and_treetops_unveiling_habitat_habits_of_garden_dormice_Eliomys_quercinus_in_Flanders_and_Brussels

Verbeylen G. 2024

Hazelmuis Muscardinus avellanarius en eikelmuis Eliomys quercinus – Ecologie van en beschermingsmaatregelen voor onze Vlaamse slaapmuizen.Report Natuur.studie 2024/17, Natuurpunt Studie (Mammal Working Group), Mechelen, Belgium.
(In preprint)

Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) nest site selection in an alpine habitat
Sandro Bertolino and N. Cordero di Montezemolo
Ethology Ecology & Evolution
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233305906_Garden_dormouse_Eliomys_quercinus_nest_site_selection_in_an_alpine_habitat

Distribution and status of the declining garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus

Sandro Bertolino

Mammal Review
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mam.12087

Habitat requirements and home range use of the threatened garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) in a coniferous forest
Stefanie Erhardt, Jan Pfister, Marieke Beier, Rieke Vorderbrügge, Marc I. Förschler & Joanna Fietz
European Journal of Wildlife Research
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-025-01912-9#auth-Stefanie-Erhardt-Aff1-Aff2

Annual and seasonal variation of survival rates in the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Michael Schaub and Christian Vaterlaus-Schlegel
J. Zool., Lond
https://www.cb.iee.unibe.ch/e58879/e337551/e479132/e479143/Schaub_JZoo2001_eng.pdf

Global Biodiversity Information Facility – Eliomys quercinus
https://www.gbif.org/species/2439683

Pathogens and Ectoparasites in European Dormice (family Gliridae)

Pathogens in the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus
Sarah P. Stubbe et al.

December 2025

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-025-02008-0

Fleas from garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus) and their nests in Germany

Sven Büchner, Dieter Striese, Eva Marie Kramer & Johannes Lang

June 2016

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10344-025-01946-z

On the fleas and louse (Insecta: Siphonaptera and Anoplura) of the garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus (L. 1766) in Belgium
Roland Libois
June 2016
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303770855_On_the_fleas_and_louse_Insecta_Siphonaptera_and_Anoplura_of_the_garden_dormouse_Eliomys_quercinus_L_1766_in_Belgium

Toxicity of Rodenticides and Pesticides to Eliomys quercinus and Other Species

Another one bites the dust: pollutants and pesticides in Garden Dormice found dead
https://aca.pensoft.net/article/82820/element/8/156272//

Pesticides in the population of European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Denmark
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383094661_Pesticides_in_the_population_of_European_hedgehogs_Erinaceus_europaeus_in_Denmark

Consumption of Rodenticide Baits by Invertebrates as a Potential Route into the Diet of Insectivores
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376636416_Consumption_of_Rodenticide_Baits_by_Invertebrates_as_a_Potential_Route_into_the_Diet_of_Insectivores

Personality in Small Mammals

Measuring Personality in Wild Small Mammals: A Review of Methods and Proposal for a Standardised Approach

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393678822_Measuring_Personality_in_Wild_Small_Mammals_A_Review_of_Methods_and_Proposal_for_a_Standardised_Approach

European Flying Squirrel Pteromys volans

Monitoring and conservation of endangered Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) populations – Implications for sustainable forest management.
Ralf Wistbacka
https://oulurepo.oulu.fi/handle/10024/46289
https://www.oulu.fi/en/theses/monitoring-and-conservation-endangered-siberian-flying-squirrel-pteromys-volans-populations

Nest cavity selection by the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans

November 2013
Kei Suzukia, Mayu Sagawab & Hisashi Yanagawaa
http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/pdf-77232-13385

Ecology and protection of a flagship species, the Siberian flying squirrel

Selonen and Mäkeläinen

2017
http://www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Ecology-and-protection-of-a-flagship-species-the-Siberian-flying-squirrel,81725,0,2.html

Developing more effective conservation and research : the case of the Siberian flying squirrel
Maarit Jokinen
2019
https://files01.core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228181071.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/10138/305374

Liito-orava (Pteromys volans) Jyväskylän metsissä: elinympäristön kytkeytyneisyys ja hakkuukierron vaikutus

tr. The flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) in the forests of Jyväskylä: habitat connectivity and the impact of logging cycles

Annukka Partanen

2011

https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstreams/ca32f692-6d02-4471-a583-9b2783c503e9/download

Decline of the flying squirrel Pteromys volans l. populations in Finland

Heikki Hokkanen, Timo Törmälä, Hannu Vuorinen

August 1982
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320782900830

Suomen lajien uhanalaisuus : Punainen kirja 2019 | The Red List of Finnish Species 2019
Esko Hyvärinen, Aino Juslén, Eija Kemppainen, Annika Uddström, Ulla-Maija Liukko

https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstreams/cc9a8254-bc82-453d-b692-2f4feb6139ba/download

What Does the Siberian Flying Squirrel Eat? Analysing the diet of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) by DNA barcoding
Helmi Carlson

November 2021

https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe4ebba6-a9fe-4df4-9b4f-0e0699b1efef/content

The Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys Volans L.) in Estonia

Timm and Kiristaja

January 2002

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241734208_The_Siberian_Flying_Squirrel_Pteromys_Volans_L_in_Estonia

Artificial nest usage patterns of the endangered Siberian flying squirrel ( Pteromys volans ) released in natural habitat

Ki Yoon Kim, Sang Jin Lim, Min Ji Hong, Hye Ri Kim, Eui Kyung Kim and Yung Chul Park

November 2021

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356614593_Artificial_nest_usage_patterns_of_the_endangered_Siberian_flying_squirrel_Pteromys_volans_released_in_natural_habitat

Cranial Dimensions of Pteromys volans
Mammalian Crania Photographic Archive Second Edition (MCPA2)
https://dept.dokkyomed.ac.jp/dep-m/macro/mammal/en/species/pteromys_volans.html

The Web Service of the Red List of Finnish Species
Punaisen kirjan verkkopalvelu
Webbtjänsten för Rödlistan
https://punainenkirja.laji.fi/en
https://punainenkirja.laji.fi/
https://punainenkirja.laji.fi/sv

Red List of Finnish Species – Siberian Flying Squirrel – Pteromys volans
Punaisen kirjan verkkopalvelu – Liito-orava – Pteromys volans
Webbtjänsten för Rödlistan – Flygekorre – Pteromys volans
https://punainenkirja.laji.fi/en/results/MX.48243
https://punainenkirja.laji.fi/results/MX.48243
https://punainenkirja.laji.fi/sv/results/MX.48243

Finnish Species Information Centre – European Flying Squirrel / Siberian Flying Squirrel – Pteromys volans
Suomen Lajitietokeskus – Liito-orava – Pteromys volans
Finlands Artdatacenter – Flygekorre – Pteromys volans
https://laji.fi/en/taxon/MX.48243
https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.48243
https://laji.fi/sv/taxon/MX.48243

Cranial Morphology

Comparative morphology of the dormouse skull and the influence of size and ecology

November 2021

Jesse J. Hennekam

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13596

Cranial morphology in flying squirrels: diet, shape, and size disparity across tropical and temperate biomes

Álvaro Quesada, Manuel Hernández Fernández & Iris Menéndez

March 2025
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-025-00556-4

Wildlife Cameras

User-based design specifications for the ultimate camera trap for wildlife research – P.D.Meek and A.Pittet
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233885067_User-based_design_specifications_for_the_ultimate_camera_trap_for_wildlife_research

Use of camera traps for wildlife studies. A review
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266381944_Use_of_camera_traps_for_wildlife_studies_A_review

A guide for the use of remote cameras for wildlife survey in northern Australia
https://nesplandscapes.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/5.2.4_a_guide_to_use_of_remote_cameras_for_wildlife_surveys_final_web.pdf

The Sentinel Bait Station: an automated, intelligent design pest animal baiting system
https://www.publish.csiro.au/wr/WR22183

Marcella Kelly: How do I choose the right camera trap(s) based on interests, goals, and species?
Professor Marcella Kelly, Virginia Tech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TwumyA7wtc

Open Standards for Wildlife Cameras

Camtrap DP: an open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376385409_Camtrap_DP_an_open_standard_for_the_FAIR_exchange_and_archiving_of_camera_trap_data

An Open Standard for Camera Trap Data

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311478659_An_Open_Standard_for_Camera_Trap_Data

Open Source Bat Detectors

Open Acoustic Devices AudioMoth
https://www.openacousticdevices.info/audiomoth

π•pistrelle and pippyg Bat Detectors – Apodemus Pipistrelle Mini and Apodemus Pippyg
https://www.pippyg.com/pipistrelleprev.html
New pages following move to Apodemus
https://www.apodemus.eu/en/Apodemus-Pipistrelle-Mini/00126.1

https://www.apodemus.eu/en/Apodemus-Pippyg/00127.2

Low Cost Proprietary Bat Detector

https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/products/song-meter-micro-2

Open Source Cameras and Optics

PlanktoScope: Affordable Modular Quantitative Imaging Platform for Citizen Oceanography

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.949428/full

https://www.planktoscope.org

Artificial Intelligence and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)

Essential tools but overlooked bias: Artificial intelligence and citizen science classification affect camera trap data
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.70132

Bioaccoustic Analysis

BTO Acoustic Pipeline

https://www.bto.org/our-work/science/research-areas/acoustic-monitoring

Tadarida: A Toolbox for Animal Detection on AcousticRecordings

Coded in C++ and R

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313899806_Tadarida_A_Toolbox_for_Animal_Detection_on_Acoustic_Recordings

Kaleidoscope Pro
Proprietary
https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/products/kaleidoscope-pro

Photovoltaic Power Sources

Michael R. Prior-Jones, Lisa Craw, Jonathan D. Hawkins, Elizabeth A. Bagshaw, Paul Carpenter, Thomas H. Nylen, and Joe Pettit
Solar regulators for polar instrumentation: why night consumption matters
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 14, 503–512,

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-503-2025

Boyd A. Hutchison and Detlef R. Matt
The Distribution of Solar Radiation Within a Deciduous Forest
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ecological Monographs (1977) 47: pp. 185-207
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/33609/noaa_33609_DS1.pdf

Modeling of solar radiation and sub-canopy light regime on forest inventory plots of mixed conifer and deciduous temperate forests using point clouds from personal laser scanning
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037811272400478X

Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Solar Photovoltaics
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56487.pdf

Assessing the carbon footprint of photovoltaic modules through the EU Ecodesign Directive
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X23002219

Co2 Emissions Of Silicon Photovoltaic Modules – Impact of Module Design and Production Location
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE
https://publica.fraunhofer.de/entities/publication/73be8304-0dcf-4d23-a86d-58d1ddaaa76a

Comparing Electrical Energy Storage Technologies Regarding Their Material and Carbon Footprint
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/12/3386

The climatological relationships between wind and solar energy supply in Britain
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277334313_The_climatological_relationships_between_wind_and_solar_energy_supply_in_Britain

Kinetic Photovoltaic Facade System Based on a Parametric Design for Application in Signal Box Buildings in Switzeand
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369866624_Kinetic_Photovoltaic_Facade_System_Based_on_a_Parametric_Design_for_Application_in_Signal_Box_Buildings_in_Switzerland

Tilt Angle Optimization of Photovoltaic Panels
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8820549

Solar Radiation and Photovoltaic Electricity Potential in the European Union and other European Countries – Spreadsheets
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/photovoltaic-geographical-information-system-pvgis/pvgis-data-download_en

TIDA-010042 400-W GaN-based MPPT charge controller and power optimizer reference design
https://www.ti.com/tool/TIDA-010042

Advancing Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency to 47.6% and Exploring the Spectral Versatility of III-V Photonic Power Converters
https://publica-rest.fraunhofer.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/ec4fb182-ed3e-4aa1-886e-4d67978cd456/content

Light spectral composition in a tropical forest: Measurements and model
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10842406_Light_spectral_composition_in_a_tropical_forest_Measurements_and_model

Energy Storage

The Impact of Recycling on Cradle-to-Gate Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232279798_The_Impact_of_Recycling_on_Cradle-to-Gate_Energy_Consumption_and_Greenhouse_Gas_Emissions_of_Automotive_Lithium-Ion_Batteries

A comparative life cycle assessment of lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries for grid energy storage
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652622016079

Trees and Health

Urban street tree biodiversity and antidepressant prescriptions

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79924-5#citeas

Neighborhood Greenness and 2-Year Changes in Body Mass Index of Children and Youth

https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(08)00734-4/fulltext

Health Benefits of Nature Experience: Psychological, Social and Cultural Processes
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228726586_Health_Benefits_of_Nature_Experience_Psychological_Social_and_Cultural_Processes

Effects of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) on levels of cortisol as a stress biomarker: a systematic review and meta-analysis

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31001682/

The benefits of trees for livable and sustainable communities
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.39

Trees, Nature, Animals and Wellbeing

Viewing Nature Scenes Positively Affects Recovery of Autonomic Function Following Acute-Mental Stress
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3699874/

Viewing Landscapes Is More Stimulating Than Scrambled Images After a Stressor: A Cross-disciplinary Approach
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6992591/

Nurtured by nature – Psychological research is advancing our understanding of how time in nature can improve our mental health and sharpen our cognition
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/04/nurtured-nature

Effects of Area Developments on the Ecological Quality of the Surrounding Green Space in the City of Zurich, Lena Wunderlin
https://www.wsl.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/WSL/Ueber_die_WSL/Forschungsprogramme_Initiativen/Zentrum_Landschaft/Masterarbeiten_Zentrum_Landschaft/Wunderlin_Lena_Master_Thesis.pdf

Trees, Sustainability and Building Energy Consumption

Shade trees reduce building energy use and CO2 emissions from power plants

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749101002640?via%3Dihub

Evaluating the influence of urban trees and microclimate on residential energy consumption in Dublin neighbourhoods
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132324012824

Residential building energy conservation and avoided power plant emissions by urban and community trees in the United States

https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/53420

Electrical Safety and Regulation in Switzerland

Handbuch für die Elektroinstallationsbranche
https://www.eitbern.ch/de/sektionen/eitstadtbern/handbuch-elektroinstallateurin-efz

Drone Safety and Regulation in Switzerland

Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA)
Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt (BAZL)
Office fédéral de l’aviation civile (OFAC)
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/en/home.html
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/de/home.html
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/fr/home.html

FOCA – Questions & Answers on the drone regulation
https://www.bazl.admin.ch/bazl/en/home/drohnen/open1/faq.html

Animal Behavior

A Little Gay Natural History
Josh L. Davis
Natural History Museum
ISBN 978 0 565 09553 6
Pages 124 to 128 contain a valuable list of references to the research literature.

Our Utilitarianist Framework

The Point of View of the Universe
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer
https://www.utilitarianism.com/view-universe.pdf