Sustainable Squirrel Conservation: A Modern Reassessment of Family Sciuridae

Moriz Steiner is a graduate student and former teaching assistant for behavioral ecology at Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) in the field of Animal Science. He has conducted several research internships in Institutions such as the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for plant breeding research (Germany), MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (Germany), Alfred-Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research (Germany), Fondazione Edmund Mach (Forest Ecology and biogeochemical cycles - Italy) and EWHALE lab (Institute of Alaska Fairbanks UAF -Institute of Arctic Biology). Additional 9 months of remote work on an alpine farm have passioned Moriz to work towards a more sustainable future living and to conserve nature. His most recently published squirrel taxonomy papers have stimulated him to conduct further research in this field. The author shows a strong personal interest in Ecology and Conservation Management in the Polar Regions as well as the use ofmodern software technology for an increased conservation success of nature to preserve it for future generations.

Falk Huettmann is a digital naturalist and works worldwide on all continents, land, sea, and atmosphere. His work is published in over 250 international peer-reviewed publications, including 7 books, and with high impact. His research covers modern issues of Open Access data sharing, Open Source Software, "the cloud", AI/Machine Learning, and how better governance can achieve global sustainability. Falk is employed as a wildlife ecologist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) where he and his students run the -EWHALE lab- (Ecological Wildlife and Habitat Analysis of the Land- and seascapE). His work was featured in public radio, with TEDx, and invited to sessions and workshops throughout universities and conferences around the entire world. Falk has worked on small mammal data, landscape ecology, and climate change scenarios for over adecade.

Moriz Steiner 是荷蘭瓦赫寧根大學及研究所（Wageningen University and Research）動物科學領域的研究生及前行為生態學教學助理。他曾在多個機構進行研究實習，包括德國的馬克斯·普朗克植物育種研究所（Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research）、馬克斯·普朗克複雜技術系統動力學研究所（MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems）、德國阿爾弗雷德·維根研究所（Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research）、意大利埃德蒙·馬赫基金會（Fondazione Edmund Mach，專注於森林生態學和生物地球化學循環）以及阿拉斯加費爾班克斯大學（University of Alaska Fairbanks，UAF）北極生物學研究所的 EWHALE 實驗室。額外的九個月在高山農場的遠程工作激發了 Moriz 追求更可持續的生活方式和保護自然的熱情。他最近發表的松鼠分類學論文促使他在這一領域進行進一步研究。作者對北極地區的生態學和保護管理表現出強烈的個人興趣，並致力於利用現代軟體技術提高自然保護的成功率，以保護自然資源供未來世代使用。

Falk Huettmann 是一位數位自然主義者，並在全球所有大陸、陸地、海洋和大氣中工作。他的研究成果發表在超過 250 篇國際同行評審的出版物中，包括 7 本書，且影響力頗高。他的研究涵蓋了開放存取數據共享、開源軟體、雲端技術、人工智慧/機器學習等現代議題，以及如何透過更好的治理實現全球可持續性。Falk 目前在阿拉斯加費爾班克斯大學（UAF）擔任野生動物生態學家，他和他的學生運營著 EWHALE 實驗室（生態野生動物與棲息地分析）。他的工作曾在公共廣播、TEDx 中亮相，並受邀參加全球各大學和會議的會議和工作坊。Falk 在小型哺乳動物數據、景觀生態學和氣候變遷情境方面已有十多年的研究經驗。