This blog post on ‘Predation and herbivory’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the full series for a list of key topics you might typically find in an ecology textbook, each providing a quick introduction to the topic, and a list of suggested papers for students … Continue reading Key Concepts in Ecology: Predation and herbivory
This blog post on ‘Complex interactions and foodwebs’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the full blog series for a list of key topics you might typically find in an ecology textbook, each providing a quick introduction to the topic, and a list of suggested papers … Continue reading Key Concepts in Ecology: Complex interactions and foodwebs
This blog post on ‘Parasitism and infectious disease’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the full series for a list of key topics you might typically find in an ecology textbook, each providing a quick introduction to the topic, and a list of suggested papers for … Continue reading Key Concepts in Ecology: Parasitism and infectious disease
This blog post on ‘Life histories’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the full blog series for a list of key topics you might typically find in an ecology textbook, each providing a quick introduction to the topic, and a list of suggested papers for students … Continue reading Key Concepts in Ecology: Life histories
For Black History Month 2023, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Charlotte Ndiribe shares their story and journey in academia. Name: Charlotte Ndiribe, PhD. Affiliation: University of Lagos, Nigeria. Links: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlotte_Ndiribe https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-ndiribe-b131b213 Ecology interests: Biodiversity, Climate change, Waste management. Ecology at Heart: My Lifelong Project Coming from a plant … Continue reading Black History Month 2023 – Charlotte Ndiribe, PhD.
This blog post is provided by Hannah J. White, Joseph J. Bailey and Samuel R. P.-J. Ross and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Response trait diversity and species asynchrony underlie the diversity–stability relationship in Romanian bird communities’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. The number of individuals and what species there are within ecological communities varies through time. This is known … Continue reading The stability of bird communities
For Black History Month 2023, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Mahlatse Fortunate Mashaphu from South Africa shares her story and journey in academia. Name: Mahlatse Fortunate Mashaphu Affiliation: University of KwaZulu-Natal Ecology interests: Fisheries, Conservation genetics, Freshwater Your story – How did you get into ecology? Reflecting … Continue reading Black History Month 2023 – Mahlatse Fortunate Mashaphu
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about research, what it’s like to be an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Editor Profile Name: Anthony RicciardiCurrent Institution: McGill UniversityKeywords: invasive species, fishes, community ecology, invertebrates, functional response, aquatic food websTwitter: @EcoInvasionsWebsite: https://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/ What do you study and why did you choose to study this particular area? When I … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Anthony Ricciardi
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about research, what it’s like to be an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Editor Profile Name: Antica CulinaCurrent Institution: Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, CroatiaKeywords: Evolutionary ecology, social monogamy, pair bonds, life-history trade-offs, birds, capture-mark-recapture, meta-analysis, FAIR data, open science, meta-scienceTwitter: @antica_cWebsite: https://ecoevo.social/@antica_c Can you briefly describe … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor : Antica Culina
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about their research, experience as an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Associate Editor Profile Name: Pol Capdevila Location: University of Barcelona, Spain Keywords: conservation, demography, extinctions, life history theory, macroecology, phylogenetic analyses, population ecology, regime shifts, resilience. Twitter: @PolCapdevila90 Website: https://polcapdevila.weebly.com/ What area of ecology do … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Pol Capdevila
A blog from the Journal of Animal Ecology
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Understanding life history and demography across the tree of life
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A blog from the Journal of Animal Ecology
Animal Ecology in Focus 