Category: Guest post

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Who is next in line? Predicting which Red Sea fish will invade the Mediterranean Sea

This blog post is provided by Shahar Chaikin and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article, “Native habitat affinities predict fish invasions with post-invasion habitat shifts”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study tracked fish populations within their native Red Sea range and into their invaded Eastern Mediterranean range, revealing traits that drive invasion success and highlighting how pre-invasion adaptations can better … Continue reading Who is next in line? Predicting which Red Sea fish will invade the Mediterranean Sea

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Where do elephants go during drought? Lessons from 19 years of GPS tracking

This blog post is provided by Irene Bouwman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Elephant space use and habitat selection change across drought timescales“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined how drought affects the spatial use and habitat selection of African elephants. As charismatic as elephants may be in David Attenborough documentaries, my first encounter with the elephant … Continue reading Where do elephants go during drought? Lessons from 19 years of GPS tracking

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Celebrating 100 years since the publication of Charles Elton’s Animal Ecology

Reflections from our Executive Editor, Dr Nate Sanders Nearly 100 years ago, a 27-year-old Charles Elton published Animal Ecology, a foundational book that helped launch a new science. The book launched and defined the scientific study of how animals interact with one another and their environment. Drawing inspiration from the emerging study of plant communities, Elton argued that animal communities also had structure, dynamics, and … Continue reading Celebrating 100 years since the publication of Charles Elton’s Animal Ecology

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Same species, different life histories: how survival and age at first breeding vary across space

In this blog post, Matia Haïm Muller tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Assessment of large-scale spatial variation in age-specific survival and age at first breeding in a long-lived species”, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The study uses long-term ringing, resighting and dead-recovery data from more than 90,000 white storks across Germany to reveal how survival and age at first breeding differ … Continue reading Same species, different life histories: how survival and age at first breeding vary across space

Unknown's avatarRowan KuminskiLeave a comment
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Arm-deep in Arctic rocks: what a changing Arctic means for Little Auks

This blog post is provided by Martyna Syposz and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle)“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined how snowmelt timing is linked to breeding onset in several little auk colonies over time. The High Arctic is not … Continue reading Arm-deep in Arctic rocks: what a changing Arctic means for Little Auks

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Trophic ecology beyond averages: uncovering hidden variation in animal diets using stable isotopes

This blog post is provided by Federico Garrido-de León and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “A new approach to quantify isotopic (co)variation across levels of biological organization using double-hierarchical generalized linear models”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Garrido-de León and colleagues quantified patterns of trophic variability from the individual to the community level, revealing surprising flexibility that can … Continue reading Trophic ecology beyond averages: uncovering hidden variation in animal diets using stable isotopes

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Ground-nesting birds in agriculture landscapes: what is the negative effect of forest patches and how can parents cope with it?

This blog post is provided by Guillaume Dillenseger, and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Predator-guild-specific parental responses mitigate higher predation risk on ground nests close to forest patches in a mosaic landscape“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study tested whether predation risk of experimental lapwing nests and aggressive responses by breeding lapwings to stuffed nest predators may depend on distance … Continue reading Ground-nesting birds in agriculture landscapes: what is the negative effect of forest patches and how can parents cope with it?

Unknown's avatarRowan KuminskiLeave a comment
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The Hidden Architecture of Ecological Networks Under Biodiversity Loss

This blog post is provided by M. Florencia Miguel and colleagues and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article, “Species loss alters the mesoscale structure of mutualistic networks”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, M. Florencia Miguel and colleagues shed new light on the patterns of species loss, exploring how these losses can shape network structure at the mesoscale. Biodiversity … Continue reading The Hidden Architecture of Ecological Networks Under Biodiversity Loss

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When fish lose their crowd: how ocean acidification quietly dismantles the social lives of reef fish

This blog post is provided by Angus Mitchell and colleagues and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article, “Ocean acidification, more than warming or heatwaves, constrains shoaling behaviour in a range-extending fish through habitat simplification”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Mitchell and colleagues reveal the hidden impact that climate change can have on the social lives and shoaling behaviour … Continue reading When fish lose their crowd: how ocean acidification quietly dismantles the social lives of reef fish

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Plasticity in Parental Care

This blog post is provided by Casey Patmore and Per T Smiseth and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Plasticity in parental care: Interspecific competitor cues shape biparental cooperation in a burying beetle”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study examined how burying beetle parental care and breeding success was affected by interspecific competition. We investigated how perceived risk of interspecific … Continue reading Plasticity in Parental Care

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