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Life on the edge: celebrating a successful long-term ecological study

July 24, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

The Scottish isles of St Kilda, off the west coast of the Outer Hebrides, have an important place in my heart. It was on St Kilda where I first realised […]

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Penguins on Parade: Conflict in South Georgia – A Slideshow

April 24, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 2 Comments

The Sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia is home to some of the world’s largest breeding aggregations of penguins. Long-term monitoring studies reveal that the local population trends are complex. Some […]

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VIDEO In hot and cold water: Life-history biology of the Antarctic Kiwaidae

March 3, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

In 2010, a UK-led expedition to the Southern Ocean revealed a community of deep-sea animals thriving around volcanic vents on the ocean floor near Antarctica. Among the many new species […]

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Chi square I’ve met you before. A belated Valentine’s blog

February 20, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

For those readers who have met me, it will come as no surprise that I was a bit of a geek when I was doing my undergraduate studies.  And that […]

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My life as a wealth generation asset

February 13, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

A few years ago, someone with an interest in dynamical systems devised a complex financial product that allowed banks and other larger corporations to achieve a good return on their […]

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How complex should models used by ecologists be?

February 6, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 2 Comments

In his thought-provoking blog, Tim asks a fundamental question every ecologist has to think about occasionally: how many terms should I include in my model? Tim argues that models with […]

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Modelers to the left of me, field biologists to the right; here I am, stuck in the middle with you

January 30, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 5 Comments

One of the things that I enjoy most about the science I do is collaborating with both field biologists who know their systems inside out, and theoreticians who’s specialist expertise […]

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Down the up staircase: longevity and academics

January 23, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 4 Comments

Forty years. That’s at least how long an academic career can last, if you start at 30 and retire at 70. There is no mandatory retirement age (at least in […]

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Biodiversity v Intensive Farming; Has Farming Lost its Way?

January 16, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 5 Comments

Modern intensive farming produces plentiful, cheap food but is reliant on heavy use of agrochemicals and is a major driver of the ongoing collapse of wildlife populations. Taxpayers pay billions […]

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A Look Back At 2014

January 9, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

It’s been a busy old year at Journal of Animal Ecology, with lots of personnel changes and a few new initiatives. Here, we review some of these developments. The blog […]

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The Wildlife Side of Ebola: What Animal Ecology Can Contribute to Studying the Spread of a Deadly Virus

December 5, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 4 Comments

Ebola virus as a zoonotic pathogen The current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is very much on people’s minds as a story of human suffering and death, with nearly […]

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It is alright to be wrong and was Wright right?

November 28, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 2 Comments

Max Planck famously said ‘science advances one funeral at a time’. Sadly there is still some truth to this: some scientists are incapable or unprepared to change their views despite […]

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Archive your data!

November 21, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

When you submit a manuscript to the Journal of Animal Ecology you are asked the following question: ‘If your paper is accepted for publication where do you expect to archive […]

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A Call for Pre-Proposals

November 14, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 2 Comments

This year I have written two UK research council proposals and a European Research Council grant. They are each on completely different topics. I suspect it has taken about six […]

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Begging for funding?

November 7, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 7 Comments

Understanding ecological systems takes time. While some experimental ecological work, performed under controlled lab conditions, can be conveniently fitted into the short-term periods beloved of funding bodies, much of ecology […]

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Transparency and Evidence-Based Policy: An Open Letter to Defra from Journal of Animal Ecology

November 4, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 4 Comments

As a scientific journal, we are in the business of independently assessing the rigour of work conducted by the research community, including the methods it uses to collect, analyse and […]

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Solving the skewed sex ratio problem in science

October 29, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 25 Comments

In 2003 Milner-Gulland et al. wrote a paper on extreme adult sex ratios in saiga antelope. Males had become so rare in some years that the behavior of the system […]

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Where have all the insects gone?

June 27, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 7 Comments

Recently, we commissioned one of Journal of Animal Ecology‘s most experienced Associate Editors, Simon Leather, to compile a Virtual Issue on his great passion – insects. The journal has published many […]

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Name: UK government. Animal ecology test score: 0

June 23, 2014by Journal of Animal Ecology 11 Comments

Every now and again animal ecology findings make it into the news. Press coverage often focuses on cases where a species is on the edge of extinction, has erupted to […]

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