Category: Guest post

#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Florida scrub-jays move elsewhere when competition gets tough

This blog post is provided by Young Ha Suh and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Staging to join non-kin groups in a classical cooperative breeder, the Florida scrub-jay”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Young Ha Suh is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University and is also a collaborator of the Archbold … Continue reading Florida scrub-jays move elsewhere when competition gets tough

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What determines the structure of a food web?

This blog post is provided by Tomás I. Marina and Leonardo A. Saravia and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Ecological network assembly: how the regional metaweb influences local food webs”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Leonardo is a senior researcher and a professor at Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS), near Buenos Aires city, though in the coming weeks … Continue reading What determines the structure of a food web?

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¿Qué determina la estructura en una red trófica?

Este posteo fue proporcionado por Tomás I. Marina y Leonardo A. Saravia y cuenta la #LaHistoriaDetrasDelPaper para el artículo “Ecological network assembly: how the regional metaweb influences local food webs”,  publicado recientemente en el Journal of Animal Ecology. Leonardo es investigador principal y profesor de la Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS), cerca de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, aunque en las próximas semanas se mudará a … Continue reading ¿Qué determina la estructura en una red trófica?

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Why do the buffalo roam? Determining what drives seasonal strategies in large mammalian herbivores

This blog post is provided by Joel O. Abraham and A. Carla Staver and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Seasonal strategies differ between tropical and extratropical herbivores”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The idea for this project came from a project several of us worked on a few years ago, examining the responses of savanna herbivores to drought (published … Continue reading Why do the buffalo roam? Determining what drives seasonal strategies in large mammalian herbivores

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Conference Report, Guest post

Impact of land use on emerging diseases: a One Health perspective

How do rapid changes in the world around us affect the risk of emerging diseases in people and wildlife? Olivier Restif, Lucinda Kirkpatrick, Sandra Telfer, David Redding, Harriet Bartlett, Orly Razgour, Greg Albery, and Sophie Vanwambeke report on their thematic session presented at the Ecology Across Borders event held in Liverpool, December 2021. Despite its exceptional impact, the COVID-19 pandemic is only the latest in … Continue reading Impact of land use on emerging diseases: a One Health perspective

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Long days but little time: Goslings grow faster at high latitudes

This blog post is provided by Michiel Boom and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese – the role of plasticity and day length”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. While some species are clearly struggling to adapt to this rapidly changing world, the barnacle goose seems to be prospering. Contrary to other … Continue reading Long days but little time: Goslings grow faster at high latitudes

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Dung beetle-mammal dung interaction networks are resilient across a gradient of forest disturbance

This blog post is provided by Li Yuen Chiew and Eleanor M. Slade and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Tropical forest dung beetle-mammal dung interaction networks remain similar across an environmental disturbance gradient”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Li Yuen Chiew: I am a conservation ecologist, whose research focuses on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem ecology, with a particular interest … Continue reading Dung beetle-mammal dung interaction networks are resilient across a gradient of forest disturbance

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Finding out when rare and common species change their interactions using multi-site interaction turnover

This blog post is provided by Marie V. Henriksen and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “A multi-site method to capture turnover in rare to common interactions in bipartite species networks”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In ecological networks, species are linked by their interactions to form complex interaction networks. How species interact in these networks reveals what role they … Continue reading Finding out when rare and common species change their interactions using multi-site interaction turnover

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Connections Matter: How Patterns of Habitat Connectivity Affect Population Dynamics

This blog post is provided by Paulina A. Arancibia and Peter J. Morin and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Network topology and patch connectivity affect dynamics in experimental and model metapopulations”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Global change has increased the rate at which habitats are fragmented, increasing the creation of spatially discontinuous populations linked by migration (metapopulations). The … Continue reading Connections Matter: How Patterns of Habitat Connectivity Affect Population Dynamics

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Hiding in plain sight: a mystery of colour-changing ability in the green lynx spider

This blog is part of our colourful countdown to the holiday season where we’re celebrating the diversity and beauty of the natural world. Click here to read the rest of the colour countdown series. Dani Davis of Florida State University sheds light on the story behind her winning Capturing Ecology award photograph, and the complex and mysterious abilities of spider that acts like a cat. Animals that can change … Continue reading Hiding in plain sight: a mystery of colour-changing ability in the green lynx spider

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