Author: Journal of Animal Ecology

Announcements

Journal of Animal Ecology is moving online-only

As an important update in the journal’s development, we are pleased to announce that, from January 2019, Journal of Animal Ecology will be moving online-only. Why? Moving online-only means we can publish more regularly and we will be releasing 12 issues per year. It also makes the journal more efficient and environmentally friendly. We will be reducing paper use and no longer shipping hard copies … Continue reading Journal of Animal Ecology is moving online-only

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Guest post

The wandering albatrosses of the Crozet Islands

Henri Weimerskirch has been studying the wandering albatrosses that nest on the Crozet Islands for over 50 years. Out in the current issue of the journal is a new Synthesis paper Linking demographic processes and foraging ecology in wandering albatross—Conservation implications by Henri giving an overview of this unique 60-year study system. The paper presents the work carried out on albatross addressing questions on the links … Continue reading The wandering albatrosses of the Crozet Islands

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Announcements

Sidnie Manton Award for early career ecologists – Submit your proposals now!

We are excited to announce that the Sidnie Manton Award is open for proposals.  With this award, we aim to inspire early career researchers working on any aspect of animal ecology to publish review or synthesis papers that might either summarize their dissertation work, provide new insights into classic areas of animal ecology, or shed light on emerging fields. The British Ecological Society and Journal … Continue reading Sidnie Manton Award for early career ecologists – Submit your proposals now!

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Return to the Wild: Conservation hope for the scimitar-horned oryx

In this post for Endangered Species Day Jared Stabach, a research ecologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute highlights the sharp decline in large mammal species across the Sahara and focuses on species that individuals and organizations are working to reintroduce. Deserts cover approximately 17% of the world’s land mass.  While understudied and underappreciated, these systems support a unique and charismatic flora and fauna, with … Continue reading Return to the Wild: Conservation hope for the scimitar-horned oryx

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Announcements

Natalie Clay – Winner of the 2017 Elton Prize

We are delighted to announce that Natalie Clay has been awarded the 2017 Elton Prize for her paper:  Towards a geography of omnivory: Omnivores increase carnivory when sodium is limiting. Natalie Clay obtained her PhD from the University of Oklahoma in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program in 2013 under the direction of Michael Kaspari. Her dissertation research examined the relationship between nutrient inputs like … Continue reading Natalie Clay – Winner of the 2017 Elton Prize

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Announcements, Podcast

Congratulations to Ben Weinstein on winning the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

Today we are pleased to announce that to Ben Weinstein has won the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award for his paper ‘a computer vision for animal ecology’. Ben is a postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University interested in community ecology, Bayesian modelling and data science. Ben’s paper was selected as a winner from a shortlist of six excellent papers. All the shortlisted papers were excellent, topical … Continue reading Congratulations to Ben Weinstein on winning the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

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Announcements, Special features

Open Call for Papers: Special Feature on Biologging

With the recent advances in GPS and sensor technology, including three-axis accelerometers, it has become possible to simultaneously track multiple animals with a high accuracy while recording detailed information about their physiological status and measuring their energy expenditures. By providing a huge amount of accurate data in real time, biologging enables the uncovering of the hidden lives of animals in the wild. The recent explosion of … Continue reading Open Call for Papers: Special Feature on Biologging

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Announcements

The inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

In May 2016 we launched a new competition for early career ecologists to write a Synthesis or Review article for the journal. Today, on International Women’s Day, we are pleased to announce that we have named the new award in honour of Sidnie Manton and present the six shortlisted papers for the inaugural award. Sidnie Manton was a highly regarded zoologist best known for her … Continue reading The inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

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Lessons from two decades of detailing an invasion front

What can we learn about population dynamics from invasive species? A recent synthesis article published in the Journal of Animal Ecology examines the contributions from one of the best-documented cases of species invasion, the spread of the gypsy moth in North America. Dr Kristine Grayson started working with gypsy moth as a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Postdoctoral Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University … Continue reading Lessons from two decades of detailing an invasion front

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Publishing

Open Data in Journal of Animal Ecology

A couple of weeks ago the British Ecology Society Journals published a virtual issue for Open Access Week looking at the most downloaded data sets in Dryad associated with papers on the journals. At Journal of Animal Ecology we encourage authors to use the most appropriate archive for their data and in JAE we’ve seen a variety of repositories used alongside Dryad. For Open Access … Continue reading Open Data in Journal of Animal Ecology

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