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Voles in space: food resources and intestinal parasites impact spatial behaviour in wild rodents

This blog post is provided by Janine Mistrick and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Effects of food supplementation and helminth removal on space use and spatial overlap in wild rodent populations”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study leverages a large-scale field experiment in southern Finland to investigate how ecological factors affect spatial behaviour in wild rodents. Janine Mistrick, … Continue reading Voles in space: food resources and intestinal parasites impact spatial behaviour in wild rodents

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Miguel Gomez – Our Elton Prize Shortlist Candidate’s #StoryBehindThePaper

Miguel Gomez gives us information on his paper, “interactions between fitness components across the life cycle constrain competitor coexistence“, which was shortlisted for this year’s Elton Prize. We also hear a little about his story. About the paper: Understanding how biodiversity is maintained has been one of the main topics of my research. At the community level, this question is often framed as what mechanisms … Continue reading Miguel Gomez – Our Elton Prize Shortlist Candidate’s #StoryBehindThePaper

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Sarah Raymond – Our Elton Prize Shortlist Candidate’s #StoryBehindThePaper

Sarah Raymond gives us information on her paper, “COVID-19 lockdowns and citizen science data reveal novel insights into species’ vulnerability to mortality on roads“, which was shortlisted for this year’s Elton Prize. We also hear a little about her story. About the paper: Roads are an integral and much-valued part of modern human society, but ecologically they represent a novel ecosystem, i.e. human-built, modified or … Continue reading Sarah Raymond – Our Elton Prize Shortlist Candidate’s #StoryBehindThePaper

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Cascatas tróficas dentro e entre ecossistemas: atributos dos recursos basais e consumidores modulam os impactos desencadeados por múltiplos predadores de ecossistemas adjacentes

Este post é da autoria de Pablo Augusto P. Antiqueira e conta a #StoryBehindthePaper do artigo “Trophic cascades within and across ecosystems: the role of anti-predatory defences, predator type, and detritus quality”, publicado recentemente no Journal of Animal Ecology. Utilizando a bromélia-tanque como sistema modelo, Antiqueira e colegas investigam os efeitos de predadores inter-ecossistemas (aranhas mergulhadoras) sobre as presas, outros predadores e os ecossistemas que utilizam. … Continue reading Cascatas tróficas dentro e entre ecossistemas: atributos dos recursos basais e consumidores modulam os impactos desencadeados por múltiplos predadores de ecossistemas adjacentes

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Trophic cascades within and across ecosystems: resource and consumer attributes modulate the impacts triggered by multiple predators from adjacent ecosystems

This blog post is provided by Pablo Augusto P. Antiqueira and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Trophic cascades within and across ecosystems: the role of anti-predatory defences, predator type, and detritus quality”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Using tank-bromeliad as a model system, Antiqueira and colleagues investigate the effects of cross-ecosystem predators (diving spiders) on prey, other predators and the … Continue reading Trophic cascades within and across ecosystems: resource and consumer attributes modulate the impacts triggered by multiple predators from adjacent ecosystems

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The Elton Prize is awarded each year for the best paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology written by an early career author at the start of their research career.

The overall winner is selected by the Senior Editors of the journal, and will be announced in the coming weeks. Watch this space! This year’s shortlisted candidates are announced below. The shortlisted candidates are: Miguel Gomez; interactions between fitness components across the life cycle constrain competitor coexistence Garben Logghe; arthropod food webs predicted from body size ratios are improved by incorporating prey defensive properties Sarah … Continue reading The Elton Prize is awarded each year for the best paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology written by an early career author at the start of their research career.

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Journal of Animal Ecology: International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our editors discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion‘, means to them. Dr Natacha Chacoff What work do you do? My name is Natacha Chacoff; I am a mother … Continue reading Journal of Animal Ecology: International Women’s Day

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Addressing the stability of freshwater mussel assemblages

This blog post is provided by Garrett Hopper and Carla Atkinson and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A test of the loose-equilibrium concept with long-lived organisms: evaluating temporal change in freshwater mussel communities”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they used long-term monitoring datasets for mussel beds from rivers in the USA to assess the stability of mussels … Continue reading Addressing the stability of freshwater mussel assemblages

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Prey Depletion and Source-Sink Dynamics in Endangered African Wild Dogs

This blog post is provided by Johnathan Reyes de Merkle and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “An integrated population model reveals source-sink dynamics for competitively subordinate African wild dogs linked to anthropogenic prey depletion”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they investigated the effects of anthropogenic prey depletion on the coexistence and persistence of the African wild dog, a … Continue reading Prey Depletion and Source-Sink Dynamics in Endangered African Wild Dogs

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Small details affect the big picture: The response of populations to changing environments depends more on individual organisms than we can see in classical models

This blog post is provided by Mark Rademaker, Anieke van Leeuwen and Isabel Smallegange and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Why we cannot always expect life history strategies to directly inform on sensitivity to environmental change“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper, they explore individual-level tradeoffs, and how these affect trait patterns and population responses, finding that compared … Continue reading Small details affect the big picture: The response of populations to changing environments depends more on individual organisms than we can see in classical models

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