Author: Julie Sheard

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

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 site fidelity in ungulates“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In a classic study, inauspiciously titled “A lesson in the limitations of field experiments: shrubsteppe birds and habitat alteration”, John Wiens … Continue reading Stay home order: why do some ungulates return to the same places?

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Podcast, Special features

Citizen Science Podcast: Chris Latimer

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 populations to winter weather at regional scales, which was part of the Citizen Science Special Feature. Featured image by Jeremy Cohen Coming up: 19/02/2021 – Journal of Animal Ecology: Citizen Science Special Issue, episode 4 … Continue reading Citizen Science Podcast: Chris Latimer

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Citizen Science Podcast: Frank La Sorte

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 dietary guilds, which was part of the Citizen Science Special Feature. Featured image: Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) © Andy Eckerson Coming up: 15/02/2021 – Journal of Animal Ecology: Citizen Science Special Issue, episode 3 Chris Latimer19/02/2021 – … Continue reading Citizen Science Podcast: Frank La Sorte

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Announcements, Podcast, Special features

Citizen Science joint special issue is out now

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 and Ecological Solutions and Evidence there was an open call for papers surrounding the topic of ecological projects involving citizen scientists, and these papers are now released together across the six journals. Over the next … Continue reading Citizen Science joint special issue is out now

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Hidden, but not insignificant – appreciating parasites in stream ecology

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”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. As far as animals go, it is probably safe to say that parasites, such as trematodes, fall into the “lesser loved” category. Why? First, they are … Continue reading Hidden, but not insignificant – appreciating parasites in stream ecology

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Big brains, low densities

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 of Animal Ecology. An area near my home has an active sett occupied by a badger family. I have also seen a handful of deer, and dozens and dozens of squirrels. This difference in the … Continue reading Big brains, low densities

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Investigating imperfect mimicry in natural populations

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 in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Intuitively, to gain higher protection from predators, mimic species should evolve to be mirror images of their models. However, mimic species with very poor resemblance to their models are … Continue reading Investigating imperfect mimicry in natural populations

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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

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 in sympatric charrs in Hokkaido, Japan”. Some papers take a long time to come to fruition…. sometimes a very long time. Kurt Fausch first traveled to Japan in October 1988, to present an invited paper … Continue reading 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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Parenting on the Edge

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 published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Parenting is a balancing act—making sacrifices is a daily reality as parents strive to raise healthy children. While the needs of parents and their children can match up, all … Continue reading Parenting on the Edge

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

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 tropical island’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Have you heard of a species going extinct? More often than not, it was an island endemic, like the Dodo, the Thylacine, and the … Continue reading The high abundances of small-ranged island endemics reduce their extinction risks, but only in natural habitats

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