Author: Edie Abrahams

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Mediterranean corals: storytellers of the past, clairvoyants of the future

This blog post is provided by Marina J. Vergotti, Juan Pablo D’Olivo, and Diego K. Kersting, and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Reconstruction of long-term sublethal effects of warming on a temperate coral in a climate change hotspot”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Vergotti and colleagues analysed the skeletons of the Mediterranean coral C. caespitosa and … Continue reading Mediterranean corals: storytellers of the past, clairvoyants of the future

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Terrestrial birds mediating their responses to droughts through biological traits

This blog post is provided by Lyu Bing Zhang and Yang Liu and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Biological traits and biome features mediate responses of terrestrial bird demography to droughts”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Lyu Bing, Yang and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 204 species to find that droughts generally have a negative impact … Continue reading Terrestrial birds mediating their responses to droughts through biological traits

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Temporal Variability in Host Availability Alters the Outcome of Competition Between Two Parasitoid Species

This blog post is contributed by Hua Wang, Tiantian Liu, Shucun Sun, Owen T. Lewis, and Xinqiang Xi, sharing the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Temporal variability in host availability alters the outcome of competition between two parasitoid species”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Wang and colleagues found that temporal variability in host availability had significant effects on … Continue reading Temporal Variability in Host Availability Alters the Outcome of Competition Between Two Parasitoid Species

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Adapting to Scarcity: How Drought Impacts Large Carnivore Movement

This blog post is provided by Leigh West and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Droughts reshape apex predator space use and intraguild overlap” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Together with colleagues, Leigh explores how drought influences the movements and competitive dynamics of four key predators in Botswana’s Okavango Delta: lions, leopards, African wild dogs, and cheetahs. In the dynamic … Continue reading Adapting to Scarcity: How Drought Impacts Large Carnivore Movement

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Lizard population responses to climate and fire regimes: new pathways to ecological resilience

This blog post is provided by Heitor Sousa and Rob Salguero-Gómez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Severe fire regimes decrease resilience of ectothermic populations”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Heitor, Rob and colleagues found that intermediate fire regimes may be the most conducive to resistance for several Cerrado lizard species, and that variation in life … Continue reading Lizard population responses to climate and fire regimes: new pathways to ecological resilience

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