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Diversity begets stability in Atlantic rainforest stream food webs

This blog post is provided by Victor Saito and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Untangling the complex food webs of tropical rainforest streams”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Saito and colleagues characterise the food webs of rocky streams in the Atlantic Rainforest, finding the systems to be highly complex and diverse, which results in high stability. … Continue reading Diversity begets stability in Atlantic rainforest stream food webs

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An organismal crystal ball during marine heatwaves: Predicting death across heat doses

This blog post is provided by Andrew Villeneuve and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper „Predicting organismal response to marine heatwaves using dynamic thermal tolerance landscape models”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper, Villeneuve and White used mechanistic thermal death time models to understand how different marine heatwave profiles might impact species with different thermal adaptations. In their … Continue reading An organismal crystal ball during marine heatwaves: Predicting death across heat doses

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The CariView Experience: Migratory caribou teach researchers where critical summer foods and habitats are located – all from the animal’s perspective

This blog post is provided by Libby Ehlers and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A taste of space: remote animal observations and discrete-choice models provide new insights into foraging dynamics and density for a large subarctic herbivore”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In this blog post, Libby tells the story of how she and colleagues used video collars to … Continue reading The CariView Experience: Migratory caribou teach researchers where critical summer foods and habitats are located – all from the animal’s perspective

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JAE Associate Editor – Blog Editor Opening (maternity cover)

The Animal Ecology in Focus blog is the widely-read blog for the Journal of Animal Ecology, which receives over 100,000 views a year. We are currently look for a second blog editor for a one-year role (maternity cover). The role takes ~2 hours per week and is unpaid, but the successful candidate will receive all of the benefits that the journal’s Associate Editors receive. We … Continue reading JAE Associate Editor – Blog Editor Opening (maternity cover)

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Body size mediates trophic interaction strength of novel fish assemblages under climate change

This blog post is provided by Minami Sasaki, Kelsey M. Kingsbury, David J Booth and Ivan Nagelkerken and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Body size mediates trophic interaction strength of novel fish assemblages under climate change”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they investigate how fish species changing ranges and sizes due to climate change interact. They explore what happens when … Continue reading Body size mediates trophic interaction strength of novel fish assemblages under climate change

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Estimating migration timing and abundance in partial migratory systems using automated telemetry

This blog post is provided by M. C. Dzul, W.L. Kendall, C.B. Yackulic, D.R. Van Haverbeke, P. Mackinnon, K. Young, M.J. Pillow & J. Thomas and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper „Estimating migration timing and abundance in partial migratory systems by integrating continuous antenna detections with physical captures”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper the authors describe … Continue reading Estimating migration timing and abundance in partial migratory systems using automated telemetry

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Winner announced: 2023 Elton Prize

We are delighted to announce Clara Woodie as the 2023 winner of our Elton Prize early career researcher award Clara received the award for her paper, “long transients and dendritic network structure affect spatial predator–prey dynamics in experimental microcosms“. The award is given to the best article in the journal by an author at the start of their career and was picked from a shortlist … Continue reading Winner announced: 2023 Elton Prize

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Modelling trampling effects of large herbivores on ecosystem processes

This blog post is provided by Adam Meyer and Shawn Leroux and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A theory for context-dependent effects of mammalian trampling on ecosystem nitrogen cycling”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Adam Meyer is a PhD candidate in terrestrial ecosystem ecology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He uses mathematical models and empirical field studies to understand … Continue reading Modelling trampling effects of large herbivores on ecosystem processes

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Garben Logghe – Our Elton Prize Shortlist Candidate’s #TheStoryBehindThePaper

Garben Logghe gives us information on his paper, “arthropod food webs predicted from body size ratios are improved by incorporating prey defensive properties“, which was shortlisted for this year’s Elton Prize. We also hear a little about his story. about the paper The world is currently facing a serious biodiversity crisis, with species disappearing at alarming rates. What often goes unnoticed is the loss of … Continue reading Garben Logghe – Our Elton Prize Shortlist Candidate’s #TheStoryBehindThePaper

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What kind of birds put artificial materials into their nests?

This blog post is provided by Catherine Sheard and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study investigates patterns in the use of artificial materials in bird nests. I had been collecting data on bird nests for a number of years, including thinking about how … Continue reading What kind of birds put artificial materials into their nests?

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