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Category Archives: Announcements

Sidnie Manton Award: submit your proposal now

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Early career ecologist? If you have an idea for a Review or Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology paper, we invite you to submit a short abstract and be in with […]

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Announcements, Diversity in Ecology, Publishing

Journal news: Executive Editor announcement

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Looking ahead to 2023, we are excited to announce that Nate Sanders is stepping into the role of Executive Editor. Professor & Director of the E.S. George Reserve at University […]

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Announcements, Meet the editors, Publishing, Senior editor post

Writefull trial announced for Journal of Animal Ecology

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

We are delighted to announce that we have integrated the language editing software, Writefull, into the online submission system of Journal of Animal Ecology.   Writefull is an automatic proofing and editing AI […]

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Announcements, Diversity in Ecology, Publishing

Editor news: summer 2022

August 31, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

This summer, we’re pleased to welcome both a new Associate Editor, Kate Pereira Maia, and a new Research Highlights Editor in Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal. Get to know them here. Research […]

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Announcements, Associate Editors, Meet the editors, Publishing

Winners announced: Sidnie Manton Award 2022

August 25, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

Celebrating the best Review or Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology paper by an early career researcher, the Journal of Animal Ecology Editors are pleased to announce the winners of the […]

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Announcements, Publishing

Elton Prize 2021: winner announced

April 29, 2022by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 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

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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Announcements, Publishing

Tips for getting the most out of the virtual Ecology Across Borders 2021 Meeting

December 9, 2021by Julie Leave a comment

The corona pandemic continues to make international travelling difficult. Luckily, tools for virtual meetings have developed rapidly in order to facilitate the continued exchange of knowledge and ideas. While virtual […]

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Announcements, Associate editor post

Updated Animal Ethics Policy 

October 6, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology 7 Comments

We’ve recently updated our policy on animal research ethics for all the BES journals (Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Functional Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Methods in […]

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Announcements, Publishing

Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

May 13, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Originally posted on Methods Blog:
We are inviting contributions from LGBTQ+ ecologists and evolutionary biologists for a series of blog posts across the British Ecological Society journals for UK Pride Month,…

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Announcements

Does your research intersect with a natural history collection?

May 11, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Associate Editor Alison Davis Rabosky introduces our exciting new cross-journal Special Feature ‘Leveraging Natural History Collections to Understand the Impacts of Global Change‘. Below you can find out all about the […]

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Journal of Animal Ecology Elton Prize awarded to Natalie Jones

April 30, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

The Elton Prize is awarded annually to the best article by an early career researcher in Journal of Animal Ecology. We are delighted to announce that the winner of the […]

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Call for Proposals: Leveraging Natural History Collections to Understand the Impacts of Global Change

April 23, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

Natural history collections in museums, herbaria, seed banks, and tissue banks provide some of the most valuable information sources in an ecologist’s toolbox: time series data. These collections not only […]

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Announcements

Rapid and repeated shifts in chemical signals in Greece

April 6, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

Elton Prize shortlisted Article This blog post is provided by Colin Donihue and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Rapid and Repeated Divergence of Animal Chemical Signals in an Island […]

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Announcements

Blown away: How male pectoral sandpipers look for their next partner

April 1, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

This blog post is provided by Johannes Krietsch  after winning the nerdy” category category of MoveMapCompetition from the BES Movement Ecology SIG. Congratulations Johannes! A key aspect in the study […]

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Announcements, Guest post

2020 ELTON PRIZE SHORTLIST: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY AWARD FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS

March 16, 2021by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

The Elton Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Journal of Animal Ecology written by an early career author at the start of their research career. […]

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International Women’s Day 2021

March 8, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This International Women’s Day we look back over the blogs from the last year, and highlight four of our favourites written by women. Celebrate women in science, and the awesome […]

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Announcements

Citizen Science joint special issue is out now

February 5, 2021by Julie Leave a comment

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 […]

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Announcements, Podcast, Special features

Animal Social Networks Joint Special Issue is out now!

January 11, 2021by Beth Preston 3 Comments

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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Announcements, Special features

Our guide to the Festival of Ecology

December 14, 2020by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

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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