The Push and Pull of Niche in Rodents
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 […]
Rainbow Research: Learning to be interdisciplinary: queer(ing) practice beyond binaries
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 […]
LET’S TALK ABOUT HUMMINGBIRDS, SEX & FLOWERS
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 […]
Rainbow Research: Transgender Pride
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 […]
Which genes and functions respond to environmental change?
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 […]
SPECIAL FEATURE: Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics
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 […]
New Associate Editors: Spring 2022
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, […]
Songbird parents coordinate in space and time
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 […]
Raising young from a bird’s eye view – adjusted social interactions keep a male godwit’s brood alive
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 […]
Migrating through a storm: how do songbirds respond to environmental pressures across the annual cycle?
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 […]
Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!
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…
Data type matters when known hosts are used to guide future virus surveillance
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 […]
Elton Prize 2021: winner announced
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 […]
Predicting heat stress on seasonal tropical shores: why are “suboptimal” temperatures preferred by an intertidal snail?
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 […]
Kalahari Apartment Blocks part two: retail value increases in harsher environments
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: […]
Could apex predators limit the seed dispersal of fleshy-fruit plants? A rewilding scenario involving mammal carnivores.
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 […]
How high can you fly: butterflies fly according to the vertical distribution of their plant resources
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 […]
How timing shapes scientific stories
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 […]
Almost 50%: representation of women within Journal of Animal Ecology
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, […]
Shortlist Announced for Elton Prize Early Career Researcher Award
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 […]
Animal Ecology In Focus 