Author: Journal of Animal Ecology

Guest post

The Elton Prize is awarded each year for the best paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology written by an early career author at the start of their research career.

The overall winner is selected by the Senior Editors of the journal, and will be announced in the coming weeks. Watch this space! This year’s shortlisted candidates are announced below. The shortlisted candidates are: Miguel Gomez; interactions between fitness components across the life cycle constrain competitor coexistence Garben Logghe; arthropod food webs predicted from body size ratios are improved by incorporating prey defensive properties Sarah … Continue reading The Elton Prize is awarded each year for the best paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology written by an early career author at the start of their research career.

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Guest post

Journal of Animal Ecology: International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our editors discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion‘, means to them. Dr Natacha Chacoff What work do you do? My name is Natacha Chacoff; I am a mother … Continue reading Journal of Animal Ecology: International Women’s Day

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Blog Series, Key Concepts in Ecology

Key Concepts in Ecology: Predation and herbivory  

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  

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Key Concepts in Ecology

Key Concepts in Ecology: Complex interactions and foodwebs  

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  

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Key Concepts in Ecology

Key Concepts in Ecology: Parasitism and infectious disease

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

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Guest post, Key Concepts in Ecology

Key Concepts in Ecology: Life histories 

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 

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Black History Month

Black History Month 2023 – Charlotte Ndiribe, PhD.

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.

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

The stability of bird communities

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

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Black History Month

Black History Month 2023 – Mahlatse Fortunate Mashaphu

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

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Meet the editors

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: 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

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