Category: Guest post

#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Addressing the stability of freshwater mussel assemblages

This blog post is provided by Garrett Hopper and Carla Atkinson and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A test of the loose-equilibrium concept with long-lived organisms: evaluating temporal change in freshwater mussel communities”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they used long-term monitoring datasets for mussel beds from rivers in the USA to assess the stability of mussels … Continue reading Addressing the stability of freshwater mussel assemblages

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Prey Depletion and Source-Sink Dynamics in Endangered African Wild Dogs

This blog post is provided by Johnathan Reyes de Merkle and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “An integrated population model reveals source-sink dynamics for competitively subordinate African wild dogs linked to anthropogenic prey depletion”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they investigated the effects of anthropogenic prey depletion on the coexistence and persistence of the African wild dog, a … Continue reading Prey Depletion and Source-Sink Dynamics in Endangered African Wild Dogs

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Small details affect the big picture: The response of populations to changing environments depends more on individual organisms than we can see in classical models

This blog post is provided by Mark Rademaker, Anieke van Leeuwen and Isabel Smallegange and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Why we cannot always expect life history strategies to directly inform on sensitivity to environmental change“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper, they explore individual-level tradeoffs, and how these affect trait patterns and population responses, finding that compared … Continue reading Small details affect the big picture: The response of populations to changing environments depends more on individual organisms than we can see in classical models

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Defining and making inference on the diel niche

This blog post is provided by Brian D. Gerber and Mason Fidino and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A model-based hypothesis framework to define and estimate the diel niche via the `Diel.Niche’ R package”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper, they present the ‘Diel.Niche’ R package and demonstrate how this package can be used to evaluate hypotheses of … Continue reading Defining and making inference on the diel niche

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Translated

La coordinación en el aprovisionamiento de los pollos aumenta el éxito reproductor en una ave de cría cooperativa

Esta entrada de blog proviene de Eva Trapote y nos cuenta la #HistoriaDetrásdelArtículo ‘Fitness benefits of alternated chick provisioning in cooperatively breeding carrion crows’, que fue recientemente publicado en Journal of Animal Ecology. Trapote y su equipo investigaron el aprovisionamiento al nido en cornejas negras cooperativas para comprender si el grado de alternancia al nido por parte de los cuidadores aumenta su éxito reproductivo y, … Continue reading La coordinación en el aprovisionamiento de los pollos aumenta el éxito reproductor en una ave de cría cooperativa

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Coordination in chick provisioning increases reproductive success in a cooperative breeding bird

This blog post is provided by Eva Trapote and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Fitness benefits of alternated chick provisioning in cooperatively breeding carrion crows’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Trapote and colleagues investigated brood provisioning in breeding carrion crows to understand whether the degree of alternation at the nest by caregivers increases their reproductive success and is thereby favoured … Continue reading Coordination in chick provisioning increases reproductive success in a cooperative breeding bird

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Guest post, Key Concepts in Ecology

Key Concepts in Ecology: Life histories 

This blog post on ‘Life histories’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the full blog series for a list of key topics you might typically find in an ecology textbook, each providing a quick introduction to the topic, and a list of suggested papers for students … Continue reading Key Concepts in Ecology: Life histories 

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The stability of bird communities

This blog post is provided by Hannah J. White, Joseph J. Bailey and Samuel R. P.-J. Ross and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Response trait diversity and species asynchrony underlie the diversity–stability relationship in Romanian bird communities’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology.  The number of individuals and what species there are within ecological communities varies through time. This is known … Continue reading The stability of bird communities

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The “small bat in summer” model

This blog post is provided by Mari Aas Fjelldal and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “The small-bat-in-summer paradigm: energetics and adaptive behavioural routines of bats investigated through a stochastic dynamic model”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they present a model framework of the behavioural decisions small bats make in order to survive the short summer nights at high … Continue reading The “small bat in summer” model

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Historical ecology to address long-term niche dynamics

This blog post is provided by Duarte S. Viana, Francisco J. Oficialdegui, María del Carmen Soriano, Virgilio Hermoso and Miguel Clavero and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Niche dynamics along two centuries of multiple crayfish invasions“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they explore how using historical records of species can track their spread and distribution through time, revealing … Continue reading Historical ecology to address long-term niche dynamics

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