Read all about it: New Study: A Pine Marten revival is bad news for Grey Squirrels which is good news for Red Squirrels!

A study has found that a revival in the number of pine martens in Ireland,

American marten (Martes americana), juvenile female, Lassen National Forest, Northern CA (1)
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has meant there are less grey squirrels

Squirrel I
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which is good news for red squirrels.

Curious red squirrel
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Click on this link to read “Population crash in an invasive species following the recovery of a native predator: the case of the American grey squirrel and the European pine marten in Ireland” by Emma Sheehy & Colin Lawton  published in ‘Biodiversity and Conservation’.

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