Category: Guest post

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Songbird parents coordinate in space and time

This blog post is provided by Davide Baldan and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Songbird parents coordinate offspring provisioning at fine spatio-temporal scales“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Being a parent is certainly not an easy job. It takes a considerable amount of time and energy to successfully raise offspring. That is why each parent would like, if possible, … Continue reading Songbird parents coordinate in space and time

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Raising young from a bird’s eye view – adjusted social interactions keep a male godwit’s brood alive

This blog post is provided by Luke Wilde and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Behavioral adjustments in the social associations of a precocial shorebird mediate the costs and benefits of grouping decisions“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Luke received his Masters from the University of South Carolina in 2021 before starting his doctoral research at the University of Wyoming … Continue reading Raising young from a bird’s eye view – adjusted social interactions keep a male godwit’s brood alive

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Migrating through a storm: how do songbirds respond to environmental pressures across the annual cycle?

This blog post is provided by Devin de Zwaan and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “The relative influence of cross-seasonal and local weather effects on the breeding success of a migratory songbird“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Devin de Zwaan is a postdoctoral research fellow wrapping up contracts with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Environment and Climate … Continue reading Migrating through a storm: how do songbirds respond to environmental pressures across the annual cycle?

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Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

Originally posted on Methods Blog:
Following the success of last year’s Rainbow Research blog series, we are once again inviting contributions from LGBTQ+ ecologists and evolutionary biologists for a series of blog posts across the British Ecological Society journals to celebrate UK Pride Month this June. The series aims to promote visibility and inclusion of researchers from the LGBTQ+ community with posts and videos promoting them… Continue reading Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

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Data type matters when known hosts are used to guide future virus surveillance

This blog post is provided by Nathaniel Mull and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Virus isolation data improve host predictions for New World rodent orthohantaviruses“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Nathaniel is a PhD student in the Fayetteville Disease Ecology lab at University of Arkansas. His dissertation is broadly examining how habitat management and community interactions influence the infection … Continue reading Data type matters when known hosts are used to guide future virus surveillance

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Predicting heat stress on seasonal tropical shores: why are “suboptimal” temperatures preferred by an intertidal snail?

This blog post is provided by Tommy Hui and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Why are “suboptimal” temperatures preferred in a tropical intertidal ectotherm?”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The authors are all part of the Tropical Intertidal Ecology group (tidehku.com) at the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), The University of Hong Kong. Tommy Hui and Sam Crickenberger … Continue reading Predicting heat stress on seasonal tropical shores: why are “suboptimal” temperatures preferred by an intertidal snail?

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Kalahari Apartment Blocks part two: retail value increases in harsher environments

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 ‘Ecological engineering across a spatial gradient: Sociable weaver colonies facilitate animal associations with increasing environmental harshness’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) are small passerine birds, endemic to southern Africa. They weigh no … Continue reading Kalahari Apartment Blocks part two: retail value increases in harsher environments

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Could apex predators limit the seed dispersal of fleshy-fruit plants? A rewilding scenario involving mammal carnivores.

This blog post is provided by Tamara Burgos and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Predation risk can modify the foraging behaviour of frugivorous carnivores: implications of rewilding apex predators in plant-animal mutualisms”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Tamara Burgos is carrying out her PhD in Ecology at the University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. Her research interests focus on … Continue reading Could apex predators limit the seed dispersal of fleshy-fruit plants? A rewilding scenario involving mammal carnivores.

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How high can you fly: butterflies fly according to the vertical distribution of their plant resources

This blog post is provided by Denise Dalbosco Dell’Aglio, Sebastián Mena, Rémi Mauxion, W. Owen McMillan and Stephen H. Montgomery and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Divergence in Heliconius flight behaviour is associated with local adaptation to different forest structures”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Butterflies are found everywhere in a tropical forest. Some are found very high in … Continue reading How high can you fly: butterflies fly according to the vertical distribution of their plant resources

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How timing shapes scientific stories

This blog post is provided by Rachel Dickson and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Behavioral responses by a bumble bee to competition with a niche-constructing congener”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Rachel Dickson has spent the past ten years working as a plant-pollinator ecologist. She has studied bumble bees in Argentina, honey bees in Kenya and the phenologies and … Continue reading How timing shapes scientific stories

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