Author: Rowan Kuminski

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Bold fish get eaten, but ocean acidification is not to blame

In this blog post, Dominique Roche and colleagues tell the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “No effect of short-term exposure to ocean acidification on individual-level variation in behaviour and susceptibility to predation in a Great Barrier Reef damselfish“, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Their study looked past group averages, asking instead whether ocean acidification changes how individual reef fish differ from one another … Continue reading Bold fish get eaten, but ocean acidification is not to blame

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City Park Squirrels, Public Data, and My Bicycle 

In this blog post, Francis Quang-Hai Dinh tell the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Fine-scale spatial variation in eastern grey squirrel melanism across a complex urban landscape“, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study utilised surveys of 197 parks and citizen science observations to examine spatial variation in eastern grey squirrel coat colour morphs across Montreal. During my time off from my student … Continue reading City Park Squirrels, Public Data, and My Bicycle 

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Not-so-great tit: early-life conditions are making Wytham’s great tits a bit less great

This blog post is provided by David López-Idiáquez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Early-life environment drives long-term decrease in adult body mass in a wild bird population“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explored temporal changes in body mass of adult and nestling great tits, as well as the effect of several environmental variables. Change is inherent to … Continue reading Not-so-great tit: early-life conditions are making Wytham’s great tits a bit less great

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Elements on the move: Tracking migratory red deer to understand nitrogen transport in the Alps

In this blog post, Kristy Ferraro tell the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Elements on the move: How ungulate migration expands Alpine biogeochemical footprints“, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explored how local- and landscape-scale movement of migratory vs. resident red deer influenced nitrogen distribution across an alpine landscape. Animal migration is one of the most fascinating aspects of animal life. When … Continue reading Elements on the move: Tracking migratory red deer to understand nitrogen transport in the Alps

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Do variable environments erode the value of parental coordination in albatrosses?

In this blog post, Natasha Gillies tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Contrasting associations between parental coordination and breeding success in albatrosses across differing environmental contexts“, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explored how parental effort and coordination in different environmental contexts influenced breeding success in two albatross species. Any parent will tell you the importance of an involved partner – … Continue reading Do variable environments erode the value of parental coordination in albatrosses?

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Fur, focus, and lizards: the hush of friendship woven in field days

This blog post is provided by Qiong Zhang and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Sex-specific responses to warming: A longitudinal study linking life-history variation to telomere dynamics, telomerase expression and oxidative stress“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined how climate warming influences sex-specific life history trajectories of toad-headed agamas by monitoring growth, survival, telomere dynamics, telomerase expression, and … Continue reading Fur, focus, and lizards: the hush of friendship woven in field days

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From simple rules to complex networks

In this blog post, Blanca Arroyo-Correa tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Mutual networks emerge from the interplay of abundance, behaviour and spatial constraints“, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The study utilised agent-based models to understand if individual interactions can be used to understand complex plant-pollinator networks . From forests and coral reefs to the microbes living inside our bodies, nature is … Continue reading From simple rules to complex networks

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Where do elephants go during drought? Lessons from 19 years of GPS tracking

This blog post is provided by Irene Bouwman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Elephant space use and habitat selection change across drought timescales“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined how drought affects the spatial use and habitat selection of African elephants. As charismatic as elephants may be in David Attenborough documentaries, my first encounter with the elephant … Continue reading Where do elephants go during drought? Lessons from 19 years of GPS tracking

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Same species, different life histories: how survival and age at first breeding vary across space

In this blog post, Matia Haïm Muller tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Assessment of large-scale spatial variation in age-specific survival and age at first breeding in a long-lived species”, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The study uses long-term ringing, resighting and dead-recovery data from more than 90,000 white storks across Germany to reveal how survival and age at first breeding differ … Continue reading Same species, different life histories: how survival and age at first breeding vary across space

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Arm-deep in Arctic rocks: what a changing Arctic means for Little Auks

This blog post is provided by Martyna Syposz and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle)“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined how snowmelt timing is linked to breeding onset in several little auk colonies over time. The High Arctic is not … Continue reading Arm-deep in Arctic rocks: what a changing Arctic means for Little Auks

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