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Author Archives: Beth Preston

Eurasian reed warbler (still) benefits from climate change

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This blog post is provided by Lucyna Halupka and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Fitness consequences of longer breeding seasons of a migratory passerine under changing climatic conditions“, which […]

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When, where, and why are soaring migrants dying? Geographic differences in the survival of the globally threatened Egyptian vulture

March 31, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Evan Buechley, Ron Efrat and Steffen Oppel and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory […]

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Take Cover: Even a post-fire specialist needs a break from the burn for part of its life cycle

March 11, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Meredith Walker, Communications Specialist at The Institute for Bird Populations, and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Juvenile survival of a burned forest specialist […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

International Women’s Day 2021

March 8, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This International Women’s Day we look back over the blogs from the last year, and highlight four of our favourites written by women. Celebrate women in science, and the awesome […]

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Announcements

EL VIAJE DE UN AVE MIGRATORIA DESDE LOS ANDES DE COLOMBIA A NORTE AMÉRICA: ¿SALIR TEMPRANO Y TOMARLO CON CALMA O SALIR MAS TARDE Y MIGRAR RÁPIDO?

March 8, 2021by Beth Preston 1 Comment

This blog post is provided by Ana M Gonzalaez and is the Spanish version of the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Earlier and slower or later and faster: Spring migration pace […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Translated

Catching the parasite: three-spined sticklebacks eat trematode free-living stages

March 5, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Ana Born-Torrijos and Miroslava Soldánová and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Cercarial behaviour alters the consumer functional response of three-spined sticklebacks“, which was […]

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Flexible or Familiar? Migrating Gulls are both!

February 12, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Morgan Brown and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Long‐distance migrants vary migratory behaviour as much as short‐distance migrants: An individual‐level comparison from a […]

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Indirect interactions through shared predation can drive food-web responses to environmental change: lessons learnt from a lake mesocosm experiment

February 4, 2021by Beth Preston 2 Comments

This blog post is provided by Fernando Chaguaceda and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Short-term apparent mutualism drives responses of aquatic prey to increasing productivity“, which was recently published […]

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Natural selection in action on seasonal migration during extreme storms

January 28, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Paul Acker, Francis Daunt, Sarah Burthe, Mark Newell, & Jane Reid and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Strong survival selection on seasonal migration versus residence induced by […]

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Editor round-up: Animal Social Networks Issue

January 27, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

The final blog for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Sebastian Sosa, one of the editors of the special issue. […]

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The molecular drivers of social network dynamics

January 25, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

The fourth in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Ben Vernasco and Roslyn Dakin and tells […]

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Fighting mongooses! How war can impact social relationships

January 22, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

The third in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Beth Preston and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Special features

Integrating new technological advances and classical ecological methods to uncover the secret lives of social animals

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This blog post is provided by Jennifer Smith and Noa Pinter-Wollman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

Growing up hyena

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The first in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Julie Turner (@WanderingBiol) and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

Animal Social Networks Joint Special Issue is out now!

January 11, 2021by Beth Preston 3 Comments

The January issue of Journal of Animal Ecology is out now, and includes the Animal Social Networks Special Feature. Joint with the Journal of Methods in Ecology and Evolution there […]

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Announcements, Special features

Too many, too few, or empty: The number of passengers determines whether nematodes will hitchhike on a vehicle

January 8, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Satyajeet Gupta and Renee M Borges from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Hopping on: Conspecific […]

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How animals fuel their reproduction: a new approach

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This blog post is provided by John Whiteman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Quantifying capital vs. income breeding: new promise with stable isotope measurements of individual amino acids“, which was recently published […]

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Night fever at the Pantanal wetlands: night activity of anuran assemblages

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“The nighttime environment provides the ecological theater for the nocturnal play” (Gaston 2019, American Naturalist) This blog post is provided by Dr Larissa Sugai and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article […]

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Visual contagion in prey defence signals can enhance honest defence

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This blog post is provided by Shihao Dong, Ken Tan, and James C. Nieh and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Visual contagion in prey defence signals can enhance honest defence“, which was recently […]

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Stressful environments put bumblebees at risk

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This blog post is provided by Cristina Botías and Dave Goulson and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Multiple stressors interact to impair the performance of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies”. Cristina […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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