Author: Journal of Animal Ecology

Announcements, Publishing

Winners announced: Sidnie Manton Award 2022

Celebrating the best Review or Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology paper by an early career researcher, the Journal of Animal Ecology Editors are pleased to announce the winners of the third (2022) Sidnie Manton Award as Diego Ellis Soto and Kristy M. Ferraro. Diego and Kristy’s winning paper, A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies addresses the important realisation that animals can exert … Continue reading Winners announced: Sidnie Manton Award 2022

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Associate Editors

New Associate Editors: Spring 2022

We have recently welcomed two new Associate Editors to the board: Jacob Allgeier and Andrew Park. Find out more about them and their research interests. Jacob Allgeier University of Michigan, USA Jake is an ecosystem ecologist who focuses on understanding the controls on food-web production in coastal tropical ecosystems (coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangroves) from both top-down and bottom-up perspectives. An overarching goal of … Continue reading New Associate Editors: Spring 2022

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Guest post

Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

Originally posted on Methods Blog:
Following the success of last year’s Rainbow Research blog series, we are once again inviting contributions from LGBTQ+ ecologists and evolutionary biologists for a series of blog posts across the British Ecological Society journals to celebrate UK Pride Month this June. The series aims to promote visibility and inclusion of researchers from the LGBTQ+ community with posts and videos promoting them… Continue reading Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Announcements, Publishing

Elton Prize 2021: winner announced

We are delighted to announce Kate P. Maia as the 2021 winner of our Elton Prize early career researcher award for the article Interaction generalisation and demographic feedbacks drive the resilience of plant–insect networks to extinctions. In this post, Kate shares her #StoryBehindThePaper. The research Ecological communities can be depicted as networks in which species are connected by interactions. These ecological networks have far-from-random structures, … Continue reading Elton Prize 2021: winner announced

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Associate Editors, Meet the editors, Senior editor post

Almost 50%: representation of women within Journal of Animal Ecology

This International Women’s Day, Journal of Animal Ecology’s Editors reflect on the path to improving the representation of women within our editorial board, and invite you to discuss how we, as a journal, may continue to support gender diversity overall. In 2007, Journal of Animal Ecology was in a period of growth. Submissions had increased greatly over the preceding years and our editorial board consisted … Continue reading Almost 50%: representation of women within Journal of Animal Ecology

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Announcements, Publishing

Shortlist Announced for Elton Prize Early Career Researcher Award

Each year Journal of Animal Ecology awards the Elton Prize to the best Research Article in the journal by an early career researcher. Today we present the shortlisted papers for this year’s award, based on the 2021 (90th) volume of the journal. The winner will be selected in the coming weeks so follow the blog and watch this space for future announcements! This year’s shortlisted candidates are: … Continue reading Shortlist Announced for Elton Prize Early Career Researcher Award

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Associate Editors

New Associate Editors: January 2022

This month we are pleased to welcome two new Associate Editors to the board: Marlène Gamelon and Ainhoa Magrach. Find out more about them and their research interests. Marlène Gamelon Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (LBBE), CNRS – Université Lyon, France Marlène is a population ecologist interested in understanding how biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic (e.g. harvesting) factors influence natural populations. She uses modelling approaches … Continue reading New Associate Editors: January 2022

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Conference Report, Guest post

Impact of land use on emerging diseases: a One Health perspective

How do rapid changes in the world around us affect the risk of emerging diseases in people and wildlife? Olivier Restif, Lucinda Kirkpatrick, Sandra Telfer, David Redding, Harriet Bartlett, Orly Razgour, Greg Albery, and Sophie Vanwambeke report on their thematic session presented at the Ecology Across Borders event held in Liverpool, December 2021. Despite its exceptional impact, the COVID-19 pandemic is only the latest in … Continue reading Impact of land use on emerging diseases: a One Health perspective

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Guest post

Hiding in plain sight: a mystery of colour-changing ability in the green lynx spider

This blog is part of our colourful countdown to the holiday season where we’re celebrating the diversity and beauty of the natural world. Click here to read the rest of the colour countdown series. Dani Davis of Florida State University sheds light on the story behind her winning Capturing Ecology award photograph, and the complex and mysterious abilities of spider that acts like a cat. Animals that can change … Continue reading Hiding in plain sight: a mystery of colour-changing ability in the green lynx spider

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Los colores del (nano) espacio

This blog is part of our colourful countdown to the holiday season where we’re celebrating the diversity and beauty of the natural world. Click here to read the rest of the colour countdown series. Natalia Cristina García del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales nos lleva en un viaje al espacio y al centro de una pluma para explicar cómo la naturaleza crea colores ultra-reflectivos. El título que elegí para este … Continue reading Los colores del (nano) espacio

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