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Welcome to our new Associate Editors

We are pleased to welcome Greta Bocedi University of Aberdeen and Beatriz Willink University of Costa Rica who have  joined the Journal of Animal Ecology Associate Editor Board today! Greta Bocedi Greta’s research aims to understand ecological, evolutionary and eco-evolutionary dynamics of species adaptations and behaviours in space and during environmental changes, their consequences for population dynamics, persistence and diversification, and for species’ responses to rapid … Continue reading Welcome to our new Associate Editors

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Welcome to our new Associate Editors

We are pleased to welcome Rachael Antwis, Jon Bielby, Fleur Ponton and Rafael L. G. Raimundo who have all recently joined the Journal of Animal Ecology Associate Editor Board. Rachael Antwis School of environment and life sciences. University of Salford, UK Rachael is a microbial ecologist, broadly interested in genetic and environmental interactions that influence host microbiome composition, and the consequences of these for host … Continue reading Welcome to our new Associate Editors

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Open Call for Papers: Joint Special Feature on ecological resilience

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 ability of an ecosystem to resist, and recover from, a disturbance. However, the application of such a concept in different sub-disciplines of ecology and in different study systems has resulted in a wide disparity of … Continue reading Open Call for Papers: Joint Special Feature on ecological resilience

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2019 Elton Prize shortlist: Journal of Animal Ecology award for early career researchers

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. Today we are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for this year’s award, based on the previous (88th) volume of the journal. The winner will be selected in the coming weeks … Continue reading 2019 Elton Prize shortlist: Journal of Animal Ecology award for early career researchers

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Journal news: New Senior Editors

The journal is pleased to welcome Lesley Lancaster and Darren Evens to the Senior Editor board of Journal of Animal Ecology. Lesley is no stranger to Journal of Animal Ecology, having previously been an Associate Editor. Darren joins us from Animal Conservation and will be familiar to BES members in his role as Vice-Chair of the  Policy Committee. To find out a bit more about Lesley … Continue reading Journal news: New Senior Editors

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Call for papers: Special Feature on citizen science

Ecological projects involving citizen scientists have rapidly increased in number and there is now a general consensus that they can produce high-quality data. Citizen science projects generate large datasets that allow novel ecological questions to be addressed, but can require developing both new analytical tools to handle big data and large open-data platforms. Citizen science projects can also play an important role in engaging people with … Continue reading Call for papers: Special Feature on citizen science

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New Associate Editors

We are pleased to welcome Rob Salguero-Gómez, University of Oxford, Hannah White, University Colluge Dublin and Elise Zipkin, Michigan State University to the Journal of Aniamal Ecology Associate Editor Board. Rob Salguero-Gómez Rob’s research examines (i) the evolution of -and escape from- senescence across a wide range of species (e.g. seabirds, koalas, humans, flatworms, plants, etc.) and ecosystems, (ii) the usage of functional-trait approaches to … Continue reading New Associate Editors

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BES Journal Blogs Round Up: March 2019

March was a busy month across the British Ecological Society blogs. Methods in Ecology and Evolution and Journal of Animal Ecology launched an open call for submissions for a joint Special Feature on Animal Social Network Analysis. People and Nature published their first every issue with a whistle stop tour of every paper in picture form and Journal of Ecology brought us some stunning photos from … Continue reading BES Journal Blogs Round Up: March 2019

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Animal Social Networks: Joint Special Feature Open Call

The recent focus on the study of animal social networks has led to some fundamental new insights. These have spanned across fields in ecology and evolution, ranging from epidemiology and learning through to evolution and conservation. Whilst network analysis has been used to address questions about sociality, food webs, bipartite networks and more over the past decade it is now extending into a wider variety … Continue reading Animal Social Networks: Joint Special Feature Open Call

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Research gaps in Animal Social Network Analysis

Post provided by Damien Farine, Sebastian Sosa, David Jacoby, Mathieu Lihoreau and Cédric Sueur Here at Methods in Ecology & Evolution and the Journal of Animal Ecology we are excited by the new directions that the next decade of research into animal social networks will bring. We hope to encourage new advances in the study of animal social networks by calling for high-quality papers for … Continue reading Research gaps in Animal Social Network Analysis

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