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The Push and Pull of Niche in Rodents

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This blog post is provided by Pei-Jen L. Shaner and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Niche overlap in rodents increases with competition but not ecological opportunity: A role of […]

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Rainbow Research: Learning to be interdisciplinary: queer(ing) practice beyond binaries

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The Rainbow Research series returns to the British Ecological Society to celebrate Pride month 2022! These special posts promote visibility and share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Each […]

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Diversity in Ecology, Guest post

LET’S TALK ABOUT HUMMINGBIRDS, SEX & FLOWERS

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This blog post is provided by María A. Maglianesi and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Behavioural and morphological traits influence sex-specific floral resource use by hummingbirds“, which was recently […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Rainbow Research: Transgender Pride

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The Rainbow Research series returns to the British Ecological Society to celebrate Pride month 2022! These special posts promote visibility and share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Each […]

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Diversity in Ecology, Guest post

Which genes and functions respond to environmental change?

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This blog post is provided by Katharina Wollenberg Valero and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates“, which was […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

SPECIAL FEATURE: Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics

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The June issue of Journal of Animal Ecology is out now and includes a Special feature, Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics. As global temperatures continue to […]

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Podcast, Special features

New Associate Editors: Spring 2022

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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, […]

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Associate Editors

Songbird parents coordinate in space and time

May 25, 2022by Julie Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Davide Baldan and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Songbird parents coordinate offspring provisioning at fine spatio-temporal scales“, which was recently published in the […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Raising young from a bird’s eye view – adjusted social interactions keep a male godwit’s brood alive

May 20, 2022by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Luke Wilde and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Behavioral adjustments in the social associations of a precocial shorebird mediate the costs and benefits […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Migrating through a storm: how do songbirds respond to environmental pressures across the annual cycle?

May 18, 2022by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Devin de Zwaan and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “The relative influence of cross-seasonal and local weather effects on the breeding success of […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

May 16, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

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…

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Guest post

Data type matters when known hosts are used to guide future virus surveillance

May 6, 2022by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Nathaniel Mull and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses“, which was recently published […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Elton Prize 2021: winner announced

April 29, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

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 […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Announcements, Publishing

Predicting heat stress on seasonal tropical shores: why are “suboptimal” temperatures preferred by an intertidal snail?

April 27, 2022by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Tommy Hui and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Why are “suboptimal” temperatures preferred in a tropical intertidal ectotherm?”, which was recently published in […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Kalahari Apartment Blocks part two: retail value increases in harsher environments

April 25, 2022by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Anthony M. Lowney and Robert L. Thomson from the Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Ecological engineering across a spatial gradient: […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Could apex predators limit the seed dispersal of fleshy-fruit plants? A rewilding scenario involving mammal carnivores.

March 28, 2022by Julie Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Tamara Burgos and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Predation risk can modify the foraging behaviour of frugivorous carnivores: implications of rewilding apex predators […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

How high can you fly: butterflies fly according to the vertical distribution of their plant resources

March 23, 2022by Julie Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Sebastián Mena, Rémi Mauxion, W. Owen McMillan and Stephen H. Montgomery and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Divergence in Heliconius […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

How timing shapes scientific stories

March 21, 2022by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Rachel Dickson and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Behavioral responses by a bumble bee to competition with a niche-constructing congener”, which was recently […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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

March 8, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

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, […]

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Associate Editors, Meet the editors, Senior editor post

Shortlist Announced for Elton Prize Early Career Researcher Award

March 3, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

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 […]

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