KALAHARI APARTMENT BLOCKS
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 […]
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Sharks surf the slope: current updrafts reduce energy expenditure of aggregating marine predators
This blog post is provided by Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Gil Iosilevskii, Valentina Di Santo, Charlie Huveneers, Tarek Hattab, Serge Planes, Laurent Ballesta and Johann Mourier and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the […]
Native predator loss opens all-year roadkill buffet for remaining scavengers
This blog post is provided by Matthew Fielding and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Roadkill islands: Carnivore extinction shifts seasonal use of roadside carrion by generalist avian scavenger’, which was […]
Rainbow Research: Nature
To celebrate UK Pride Month, the British Ecological Society journal blogs are hosting a ‘Rainbow Research’ series, which aims to promote visibility of STEM researchers from the LGBTQ+ community. Each post […]
Can a generalist parasitoid act like Paine’s starfish?
This blog post is provided by Jinlin Chen and Chris Terry and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Natural enemies have inconsistent impacts on the coexistence of competing species’, which was […]
Animals in the driver’s seat: a methodological roadmap to animal-mediated nutrient translocation
This blog post is provided by Kristy M. Ferraro and Diego Ellis-Soto and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies“, which was recently […]
HOW DOES A FOOD WEB MAINTAIN ITS RESILIENCE?
This blog post is provided by Xiaoxiao Li and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Energetic constraints imposed on trophic interaction strengths enhance resilience in empirical and model food webs’, which […]
Effects of sea temperature on wild fish behaviour
This blog post is provided by Carla Freitas, David Villegas‐Ríos, Even Moland and Esben Moland Olsen and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Sea temperature effects on depth use and habitat […]
LET’S EAT TOGETHER: ATOMS FROM AMINO ACIDS REVEAL COMMON DOLPHINS’ FEEDING STRATEGY
This blog post is provided by Rocio Iliana Ruiz-Cooley, Tim Gerrodette and Susan Chivers and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Cooperative feeding in common dolphins as suggested by ontogenetic […]
How global heating can disconnect tropical forests from freshwater ecosystems
This blog post is provided by Liam Nash and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for his article “Warming of aquatic ecosystems disrupts aquatic-terrestrial linkages in the tropics“, with co-authors Pablo Antiqueira, Gustavo Romero, […]
The enemy of my enemy is my friend: Nematode infection of non-pollinating fig wasps in Ficus petiolaris
This blog post is provided by Justin Van Goor, Finn Piatscheck, Derek Houston, and John Nason and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Differential effects of nematode infection on pollinating and […]
Sex matters in the race to combat climate change
This blog post is provided by Rachael Y. Dudaniec, Alexander R. Carey, Erik I. Svensson, Bengt Hansson, Chuan Ji Yong and Lesley T. Lancaster and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper […]
Evolution of cold tolerance and thermal plasticity in life history, behaviour and physiology during a poleward range expansion
This blog post is provided by José A. Carbonell, Ying-Jie Wang & Robby Stoks and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Evolution of cold tolerance and thermal plasticity in life […]
Why Do We Sometimes See “Random” Viral Outbreaks?
This blog post is provided by Rob Graham (@DrRIGraham) and Ken Wilson (@spodoptera007) and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Trans-generational viral transmission and immune priming are dose-dependent”, which was […]
Moving forward with cheetah research and conservation
This blog post is provided by Cédric Scherer and Jörg Melzheimer after winning the ‘pretty map’ category of MoveMapCompetition from the BES Movement Ecology SIG The cheetah is the rarest big […]
Time flies: detecting seasonal declines in experimental populations of Drosophila
This blog post is provided by Joseph Burant and Ryan Norris and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Early warning indicators of population collapse in a seasonal environment“, which was […]
Daylength is an ultimate factor of migration
This blog post is provided by Ivan Pokrovsky, Andrea Kölzsch, Sherub Sherub, Wolfgang Fiedler, Peter Glazov, Olga Kulikova, Martin Wikelski and Andrea Flack and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Longer days […]
Asymmetric foraging in aquatic animals
This blog post is provided by Junjie Zheng and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Asymmetric foraging lowers the trophic level and omnivory in natural food webs“, which was recently […]
Eurasian reed warbler (still) benefits from climate change
This blog post is provided by Lucyna Halupka and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Fitness consequences of longer breeding seasons of a migratory passerine under changing climatic conditions“, which […]
Blown away: How male pectoral sandpipers look for their next partner
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 […]
