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Author Archives: Julie

Citizen Science Podcast: Mark Ditmer

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The fifth and final episode in our Citizen Science Special Issue podcast is live. Mark Ditmer tells us about their paper Artificial night light helps account for observer bias in […]

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Skiing after Darwin wasps

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This blog post is provided by Tuomas Kankaanpää and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Microclimate structures communities, predation and herbivory in the High Arctic“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. […]

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Citizen Science Podcast: Heather Williams

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The fourth episode in our Citizen Science Special Issue podcast is live. Heather Williams tells us about their paper Support for a relationship between demography and modeled habitat suitability is […]

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Plant volatile defenses rather than non-volatile defenses mediate evolutionary interactions between plants and tephritid flies

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This blog post is provided by Hua Wang and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Plant volatiles mediate evolutionary interactions between plants and tephritid flies and are evolutionarily more labile than […]

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Stay home order: why do some ungulates return to the same places?

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This blog post is provided by Thomas Morrison from the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Drivers of […]

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Citizen Science Podcast: Chris Latimer

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The third episode in our Citizen Science Special Issue podcast is live. Chris Latimer tells us about their paper Habitat loss and thermal tolerances influence the sensitivity of resident bird […]

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Citizen Science Podcast: Frank La Sorte

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The second episode in our Citizen Science Special Issue podcast is live. Frank La Sorte tells us about their paper Phenological synchronization of seasonal bird migration with vegetation greenness across […]

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Podcast, Special features

Citizen Science joint special issue is out now

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The February issue of Journal of Animal Ecology is out now, and includes the Citizen Science Special Feature. Joint with Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Methods in Ecology and Evolution People and Nature […]

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Hidden, but not insignificant – appreciating parasites in stream ecology

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This blog post is provided Tamara Layden with edits by Dan Preston and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Trematode parasites exceed aquatic insect biomass in Oregon stream food webs”, […]

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Big brains, low densities

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This blog post is provided by Manuela González-Suárez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “The role of brain size on mammalian population densities”, which was recently published in Journal […]

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Investigating imperfect mimicry in natural populations

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This blog post is provided by David Outomuro and Alberto Corral-Lopez and tells their #StoryBehindthePaper for the article “Field evidence for colour mimicry overshadowing morphological mimicry”, which was recently published […]

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A 30-year journey to fulfill a dream: social dominance networks reveal mechanisms promoting coexistence of charrs in streams of Hokkaido, Japan

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This blog post is provided by Kurt D. Fausch, Satoshi Kitano, Yoichiro Kanno, and Seog Kim and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Interspecific social dominance networks reveal mechanisms promoting coexistence […]

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Parenting on the Edge

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This blog post is provided by Nicole Yee and Nick Brown tell the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Consequences of nest site selection vary along a tidal gradient”, which was recently […]

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The high abundances of small-ranged island endemics reduce their extinction risks, but only in natural habitats

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This blog post is provided by Rachakonda Sreekar and Eben Goodale and tells their #StoryBehindthePaper for the article ‘Endemicity and land‐use type influence the abundance–range‐size relationship of birds on a […]

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Reproductive senescence in a small fish: the case of the Nothobranchius furzeri

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This blog post is provided by Jakub Žák and Martin Reichard and tells their #StoryBehindthePaper for the article ‘Reproductive senescence in a short-lived fish’ which was recently published in Journal […]

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When a shared vision becomes a reality: connecting data on individually marked birds

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This blog post is provided by Dr. Antica Culina and Professor Dr. Marcel Visser and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: the […]

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A Journey to understanding, saving and conserving the Nigerian Biodiversity

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This blog post is provided by Gideon Deme Gywa and is a special feature for Black History Month, in which the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black […]

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Black History Month, Guest post

Entre invasões biológicas e o racismo estrutural nas cidades

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This blog post is provided by Piatã Santana Marques and is the Portuguese version of their #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Urbanization can increase the invasive potential of alien species“, which […]

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Navigating biological invasion and structural racism in urban systems

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This blog post is provided by Piatã Santana Marques and tells their #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Urbanization can increase the invasive potential of alien species“, which was recently published in […]

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How butterflies keep their cool: taking butterfly temperatures to understand the impacts of climate change.

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This blog post is provided by Dr. Andrew Bladon and tells the  #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “How butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends“, […]

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