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The molecular drivers of social network dynamics

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The fourth in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Ben Vernasco and Roslyn Dakin and tells […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

Fighting mongooses! How war can impact social relationships

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The third in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Beth Preston and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Special features

Integrating new technological advances and classical ecological methods to uncover the secret lives of social animals

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This blog post is provided by Jennifer Smith and Noa Pinter-Wollman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

Growing up hyena

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The first in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Julie Turner (@WanderingBiol) and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper […]

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Special features, Guest post, #StoryBehindThePaper

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Animal Social Networks Joint Special Issue is out now!

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The January issue of Journal of Animal Ecology is out now, and includes the Animal Social Networks Special Feature. Joint with the Journal of Methods in Ecology and Evolution there […]

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New issue, Special features

Too many, too few, or empty: The number of passengers determines whether nematodes will hitchhike on a vehicle

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This blog post is provided by Satyajeet Gupta and Renee M Borges from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Hopping on: Conspecific […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

How animals fuel their reproduction: a new approach

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This blog post is provided by John Whiteman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Quantifying capital vs. income breeding: new promise with stable isotope measurements of individual amino acids“, which was recently published […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Night fever at the Pantanal wetlands: night activity of anuran assemblages

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“The nighttime environment provides the ecological theater for the nocturnal play” (Gaston 2019, American Naturalist) This blog post is provided by Dr Larissa Sugai and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Our guide to the Festival of Ecology

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Attending the British Ecological Society’s Annual Meeting, a Festival of Ecology? There are many exciting live presentations, workshops, as well as on-demand content for our first fully virtual conference. Here are a […]

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Announcements

Visual contagion in prey defence signals can enhance honest defence

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This blog post is provided by Shihao Dong, Ken Tan, and James C. Nieh and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Visual contagion in prey defence signals can enhance honest defence“, which was recently […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Welcome to our new Associate Editors

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Following our open call for applicants we are pleased to welcome 20 new Associate Editors to the Journal of Animal Ecology Editorial Board. The researchers are based across 13 different countries, including […]

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Announcements

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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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Guest post

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Stressful environments put bumblebees at risk

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This blog post is provided by Cristina Botías and Dave Goulson and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Multiple stressors interact to impair the performance of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) colonies”. Cristina […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Personality and pace-of-life in free-ranging lemon sharks: a field recipe

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This blog post is provided by Félicie Dhellemmes and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Personality‐driven life history trade‐offs differ in two subpopulations of free‐ranging predators”. Ingredients: Two (or more) wild populations […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Black History Month, Portuguese posts

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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#StoryBehindThePaper, Black History Month

A Migratory Bird’s Journey from the Andes of Colombia to North America: leave early and take it easy or leave late and migrate fast?

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This blog post is provided by Ana M. González and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Earlier and slower or later and faster: Spring migration pace linked to departure time […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Welcome to Beth Preston and Julie Koch Sheard our new Blog Associate Editors

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We are excited to announce Beth Preston and Julie Koch Sheard as our new Blog Associate Editors. Beth and Julie will be working together to drive the blog forward by […]

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Announcements

Open call for papers: Special Feature on understanding climate change response in the age of genomics

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Anthropogenic climate change is rapidly transforming environments and poses a major threat to species and ecosystems worldwide. Understanding how animal populations respond to these changing environments is crucial for developing […]

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Announcements

When the world burns, how do predators respond?

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This blog post is provided by William Geary, Tim Doherty, Dale Nimmo, Ayesha Tulloch and Euan Ritchie and tells the  #StoryBehindThePaper for their article Predator responses to fire: A global […]

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Guest post

Congratulations to Daniel J. Becker on winning the Sidnie Manton Award

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Today we are pleased to announce that to Daniel J. Becker has won the second Sidnie Manton Award for his paper ‘Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in […]

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Announcements

Characterizing the “landscape of immunity” across wildlife systems

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How does animal susceptibility to pathogens vary across landscapes? In this shortlisted paper for the Sidnie Manton Award “Macroimmunology: The drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune defence“, […]

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Guest post

2019 Elton Prize Winner: Uriah Daugaard

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The Elton Prize is awarded annually for the best paper published in Journal of Animal Ecology by an Early Career Researcher. We’re delighted to announce that the 2019 winner is […]

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Announcements

There are no second acts in animal life cycles

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This blog post has been provided by Mike Moore, a post-doctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative in St. Louis, USA. It tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for “On the evolution of […]

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Guest post

Open Call for Papers: Joint Special Feature on ecological resilience

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Resilience has emerged as a key concept in ecology and conservation biology to understand and predict ecosystem responses to global change. In its broadest and original sense, resilience describes the […]

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Announcements

Persistence (and a bit of luck) pays off: Costs of reproduction in mountain ungulates

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Fitness costs of reproduction are expected when resources are limited. This can drive the evolution of life‐history strategies and can affect population dynamics, particularly if females change their allocation of […]

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Guest post

How to make your ORCID iD work for you

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The BES journals require authors to include an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that you own and control, that distinguishes […]

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Publishing

What makes a great paper for Journal of Animal Ecology?

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In this video Executive Editor Ken Wilson discusses what he is looking for from a great paper for Journal of Animal Ecology. The message from Ken is that papers must […]

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Senior editor post, Video

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