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		<title>Subscribe to the red squirrel newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To keep up to date with European news about red squirrels, sign up for the newsletter .]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2012/01/26/subscribe-to-the-red-squirrel-newsletter/</link>
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		<title>The 4th Announcement of the 6th International Colloquium on Arboreal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 4th Announcement of the 6th International Colloquium on Arboreal Squirrels has been posted on the colloquium website will full details of abstract submission, registration, accommodation, access and travel information and excursions. A poster is also available.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/09/26/the-4th-announcement-of-the-6th-international-colloquium-on-arboreal/</link>
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		<title>Monitoring squirrel populations using camera traps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following extensive trials of camera trap locations, settings and protocols at Edinburgh Botanical gardens in 2009, a two year research project is now under way in Cumbria to test the use of camera traps for red squirrel monitoring. The Queen Mary, London University led research project by John Gurnell, Corrie Bruemmer and Peter Lurz investigates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/09/26/monitoring-squirrel-populations-using-camera-traps/</link>
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		<title>3rd Announcement of the 6th International Colloquium on Arboreal Squirrels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 6th International Colloquium on Arboreal Squirrels will be held in Kyoto City, Japan, from 4th to 8th February, 2012. The colloquium is held every 3 years; previous veues have been U.S.A (1994), U.S.A. (2000), England (2003), India (2006), and Canada (2009). These meetings cover any aspect of the biology of tree and flying squirrels from all over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/08/26/3rd-announcement-of-the-6th-international-colloquium-on-arboreal-squirrels/</link>
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		<title>The distribution of grey squirrels in Italy continues to increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent launch of the of the European funded ES-SQUARE project in Italy to protect the native red squirrel from the invading grey squirrel could not have come sooner (see news item dated July 25th 2011). A paper published in 2010 in Hystrix, The Italian Journal of Mammalogy about the situation in Italy clearly shows that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/08/11/the-distribution-of-grey-squirrels-ion-italy-continues-to-increase/</link>
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		<title>Squirrels damage fibre optic network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Level 3, which provides telecommunications services, has reported that grey squirrels cause 17 percent of the damage to their fiber optic network. This is a reduction on last year&#8217;s 28% damage resulting from the fitting of cable guards. The reasons why they cause so much damage to cables is unclear.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/08/09/squirrels-damage-fibre-optic-network/</link>
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		<title>EC-SQUARE &#8211; The conservation of the European red squirrel; protecting the species from competition from the introduced American grey squirrel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a project with European funding started in Italy with the principal aim of eliminating or managing the risks posed by the introduction of the alien grey squirrel from North America, and with particular respect to conserving the native red squirrel. Full details of the project can be found on the dedicated EC-SQUARE web site.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/07/25/ec-square-the-conservation-of-the-european-red-squirrel-protecting-the-species-from-competition-from-the-introduced-american-grey-squirrel/</link>
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		<title>6th International Colloquium on Arboreal Squirrels in Kyoto, Japan in 2012: dates now fixed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The orgnaisers have announced the dates and location for the 6th International Colloquium on Arboreal Squirrels to be held in Kyoto, Japan in 2012. Presentations will take place from the morning of 4th February (Saturday) to noon on 8th February (Wednsday) (see Colloquium website).　All oral and poster presentations will be made at the conference hall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/02/28/6th-international-colloquium-on-arboreal-squirrels-in-kyoto-japan-in-2012-dates-now-fixed/</link>
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		<title>Modelling ecological networks and dispersal in the grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Claire Stevenson, PhD student, Centre for Wildlife Conservation, University of Cumbria, Newton Rigg, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0AH. Email: Claire.Stevenson&#8221;at&#8221;Cumbria.ac.uk .  The Grey Squirrel was introduced to Britain in the 19th Century and is now widespread and continuing to increase its range. Understanding temporal and spatial dispersal patterns and, how different land cover types affect species movement and ecological networks is particularly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/02/03/modelling-ecological-networks-and-dispersal-in-the-grey-squirrel-sciurus-carolinensis/</link>
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		<title>Poxvirus found in a red squirrel in Spain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elena Oban and colleagues have detected a poxvirus in a red squirrel road casualty from north-east Spain. The squirrel had many haematomas in its body, and skin lesions on its ear tips, tail and feet, but not on the eyelids or mouth as found with Squirrel poxvirus (SQPV) infection in red squirrels in the UK. Preliminary analysis suggest it is an orthopoxirus, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.squirrelweb.co.uk/2011/01/24/poxvirus-found-in-a-red-squirrel-in-spain/</link>
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