Category: Guest post

#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Songbirds harbour different microbes depending on where they live

This blog post is provided by Leanne Grieves and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Preen gland microbiota of songbirds differ across populations but not sexes’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Microbiome research is a hot topic. Exciting new studies have found links between the symbiotic microbes (bacteria, fungi, archaea and protists) that live naturally on animals’ bodies and animal health, fitness … Continue reading Songbirds harbour different microbes depending on where they live

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

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 ‘Ecological engineering across a temporal gradient: sociable weaver colonies create year-round animal biodiversity hotspots’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) are small passerine birds, no bigger than … Continue reading KALAHARI APARTMENT BLOCKS

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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 paper ‘Sharks surf the slope: current updrafts reduce energy expenditure for aggregating marine predators‘, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Animals must continuously make decisions regarding which habitats to use. They … Continue reading Sharks surf the slope: current updrafts reduce energy expenditure of aggregating marine predators

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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 recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Matthew Fielding is a PhD student at the School of Natural Sciences at UTAS. A self-confessed “bird nerd”, you can usually find him in the Tasmanian wilderness … Continue reading Native predator loss opens all-year roadkill buffet for remaining scavengers

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Diversity in Ecology, Guest post

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 will be connected to a theme represented by one of the colours shown in the Progress Pride flag. In this post, Dr Numair Masud discusses the role scientists can play for LGBTQ+ activism, under the … Continue reading Rainbow Research: Nature

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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 recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. A forgotten fruit in the kitchen will pretty quickly attract your attention by recruiting a swarm of fruit flies lingering around. Similar sights can be seen in … Continue reading Can a generalist parasitoid act like Paine’s starfish?

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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 published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Animals are constantly on the move – whether it’s the snow-shoe hare’s quick hop around its home range or a Galapagos tortoise’s seasonal migration up and down a … Continue reading Animals in the driver’s seat: a methodological roadmap to animal-mediated nutrient translocation

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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 was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The authors explored the underlying biological mechanisms behind the complex trophic interactions that enhance food web resilience. Food webs depict the trophic interactions, i.e. who eats … Continue reading HOW DOES A FOOD WEB MAINTAIN ITS RESILIENCE?

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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 selection in a marine fish community“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. A cod rests between two rocks at the bottom of a southern Norwegian fjord. It is a sunny summer … Continue reading Effects of sea temperature on wild fish behaviour

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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 patterns in δ15N bulk and amino acids“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Featured image: Four short-beaked common dolphins surface to breathe, part of a group of about 250 dolphin foraging over … Continue reading LET’S EAT TOGETHER: ATOMS FROM AMINO ACIDS REVEAL COMMON DOLPHINS’ FEEDING STRATEGY

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