Tartu Ülikooli oravate uurimise projekti teavitus (Squirrel sampling boxes in Tallinn parks)

From: "Katrin Idla" <[email protected]> Sent: 11/5/2025 12:52:20 PM

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Cc: "Anu Otsma" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Jeffrey Malherbe Carbillet" <[email protected]>

Subject: Tartu Ülikooli oravate uurimise projekti teavitus (Squirrel sampling boxes in Tallinn parks)

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Tere

Edastan teile teavituse Tartu Ülikooli teadusprojek kohta. Tegemist on teadusuuringuga, mille eesmärgiks on koguda andmeid linnaoravate kohta. Projekt on juba käivitatud Tartu linnas ning nüüd on plaanis alustada sama uuringut Tallinnas ja Tallinnaga piirnevas Harku metsas.

Eelinfo põhjal on uuringuks valitud Kadrioru park, Hirvepark, Merimetsa park, Männipark, Mäeküla mets ja Harku mets.

Projek raames on planeeritud paigaldada neisse kohtadesse puidust proovikaste või plasst torusid (näited neist on lisatud kirjale). Proovikasd on märgistatud ja neil on info projek kohta ja kontaktnumber. Proovikasdesse pannakse mõned pähklid oravate ligimeelitamiseks, proovikas seinale jäävad kinni mõned oravakarvad, mida kasutatakse teadustöö analüüside tegemiseks. Uuringu pikkuseks on planeeritud kaks kuud ning neid käiakse teadlaste poolt perioodiliselt kontrollimas.

Loodame teie toetusele ja abile projek õnnestumisel ning vastame hea meelega Teie küsimustele ja eepanekutele.

Heade koostöösoovidega Katrin Idla

Tartu Ülikooli loomaökoloogia doktorant Tel 58 6032

De : Jeffrey Malherbe Carbillet <[email protected]> Envoyé : mercredi, novembre 5, 2025 11:35:06 AM À : [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc : [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Objet : Squirrel sampling boxes in Tallinn parks

Tere,

I am a researcher at Tartu University, Chair of Animal Ecology, currently leading the Red squirrel project in Estonia.

For the next 2 months (approximately), I am planning to aach hair tubes (basically a 40cm pvc tube) and sampling boxes (30x9cm wooden boxes) around some trees in different places in Tallinn. The goal is to collect hair of Red squirrels to measure pollutant and stress levels, and compare them with some forest area (Harku).

The same program is currently ongoing and successful in the city of Tartu and the Vapramäe forest with permission from the city. No damage is done to trees, as the tubes and boxes are simply aached around the trunk using wire, at approximately a 1.7-meter height.

The point of this email is to know if this would be ok to set these tubes and boxes in the following places in Tallinn: Kadrioru park, Männi park, Hirve park, Merimets, and Harku forest?

I aached to this email a picture of what the tube and boxes look like.

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Best regards, Jeffrey Carbillet