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Blown away: How male pectoral sandpipers look for their next partner

This blog post is provided by Johannes Krietsch  after winning the nerdy” category category of MoveMapCompetition from the BES Movement Ecology SIG. Congratulations Johannes! A key aspect in the study of animal movement is to understand the interaction between the moving subject and the medium in which it moves. In the case of flying birds, the medium is the atmosphere. Flying can be energetically costly … Continue reading Blown away: How male pectoral sandpipers look for their next partner

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When, where, and why are soaring migrants dying? Geographic differences in the survival of the globally threatened Egyptian vulture

This blog post is provided by Evan Buechley, Ron Efrat and Steffen Oppel and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “Differential survival throughout the full annual cycle of a migratory bird presents a life history trade-off“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Evan Buechley received his PhD from the University of Utah with a thesis focused on the movement ecology and … Continue reading When, where, and why are soaring migrants dying? Geographic differences in the survival of the globally threatened Egyptian vulture

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Uncovering climate and land-use impacts on Wisconsin’s common loons

This blog post is provided by Walter Piper and Sarah Saunders and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Interrelated impacts of climate and land-use change on a widespread waterbird“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Loon capture is a peculiar annual ritual. Working from dusk until dawn, three members of the research team set out in a 12-foot motorboat to scour the surface of Wisconsin … Continue reading Uncovering climate and land-use impacts on Wisconsin’s common loons

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Ecosystem restoration – insights from theory

This blog post is provided by Klementyna Gawecka and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Habitat restoration in spatially explicit metacommunity models“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Healthy ecosystems are vital for supporting the great diversity of life on Earth and providing us, humans, with benefits such as clean water, flood mitigation or recreation. But our activities, such as pollution, overexploitation or clearing … Continue reading Ecosystem restoration – insights from theory

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Devil in a blue dress: colour morph affects fitness in Arctic foxes

This blog post is provided by Cecilia Di Bernardi and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Fitness and fur colouration – testing the camouflage and thermoregulation hypotheses in an Arctic mammal“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Living in extreme environments leads to a wide range of adaptations in Arctic and alpine animals, which have drawn scientists’ attention and fascination for a … Continue reading Devil in a blue dress: colour morph affects fitness in Arctic foxes

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A “How-to” Guide for Interpreting Parameters in Habitat-Selection Analyses

This blog post is provided by John Fieberg, Johannes Signer, Brian Smith and Tal Avgar and tells the “StoryBehindthePaper for the article “A ‘How-to’ Guide for Interpreting Parameters in Habitat-Selection Analyses”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. John Fieberg (University of Minnesota), Johannes Signer (University of Goettingen), and Tal Avgar (Utah State University) teach quantitative courses at their institutions and have also … Continue reading A “How-to” Guide for Interpreting Parameters in Habitat-Selection Analyses

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Sexual Selection and Personality in Red Junglefowl

This blog post is provided by Allison M. Roth and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Sexual selection and personality: Individual and group‐level effects on mating behavior in red junglefowl“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Over the past two decades, behavioral ecologists have become increasingly interested in consistent between-individual differences in behavior, otherwise known as “animal personality”. It is, however, unclear why such between-individual … Continue reading Sexual Selection and Personality in Red Junglefowl

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Disentangling temporal food web structure

This blog post is provided by Susanne Kortsch, Romain Frelat, Ivars Putnis, and Marie Nordström and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article ‘Disentangling temporal food web dynamics facilitates understanding of ecosystem functioning’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Communities are organized into consumer networks, or food webs, describing who eats whom. Food webs provide the “energetic” backbones of ecosystems and are essential … Continue reading Disentangling temporal food web structure

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Take Cover: Even a post-fire specialist needs a break from the burn for part of its life cycle

This blog post is provided by Meredith Walker, Communications Specialist at The Institute for Bird Populations, and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Juvenile survival of a burned forest specialist in response to variation in fire characteristics“, led by Andrew Stillman, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. When Andrew Stillman and field crews from The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) tagged fledgling … Continue reading Take Cover: Even a post-fire specialist needs a break from the burn for part of its life cycle

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International Women’s Day 2021: #ChooseToChallenge

Originally posted on The Applied Ecologist:
The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. “A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, we can all… Continue reading International Women’s Day 2021: #ChooseToChallenge

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