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Field Reports: Chandra Salgado Kent

Is sound pollution too much? Does it get on your nerves easily? What about sound under water? For this episode of the Field Reports podcast, I interviewed Dr. Chandra Salgado Kent of Curtin University in Australia about her work on marine animals and the noise underwater. We discuss marine bio-acoustics, conservation, behaviour, whales, dolphins and more. Trailer: Podcast: You can listen to the future episodes of … Continue reading Field Reports: Chandra Salgado Kent

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Field Reports: A primer to the Special Feature on the Allee effects, with Dr Andrew Kramer

Have you heard of the Allee effects? If you thought it is do with Alleles and genes, you are not alone. It is not related to that, but it is an even more interesting idea in ecology and evolution. The Journal of Animal Ecology has just published a Special Feature on the Allee effects covering various aspects of it. Before you read the papers in … Continue reading Field Reports: A primer to the Special Feature on the Allee effects, with Dr Andrew Kramer

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Field Reports: Marie Auger-Methe

For consecutive episodes, we have stories from another female field biologist. I spoke to a marine ecologist Dr. Marie Auger-Methe of the University of British Columbia about polar bears, narwhal farts, movement ecology, the publish or perish attitude, and Ph.D. life. More about Marie here.  Video trailer: Podcast:  You can listen to the future episodes of the podcast on iTunes, or by searching ‘British Ecological Society Journals’ (and … Continue reading Field Reports: Marie Auger-Methe

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Field Reports: Julie Morand-Ferron

For this episode of fieldwork stories, I spoke to Dr Julie Morand-Ferron of the University of Ottawa about bird and insect cognition, science communication for the public, of being a scientist, and fieldwork anecdotes of designing a skinner box for birds. More about Julie.    Video trailer: Podcast: You can listen to the future episodes of the podcast on iTunes, or by searching ‘British Ecological Society … Continue reading Field Reports: Julie Morand-Ferron

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Field Reports: Ben Dantzer

I spoke to Dr. Ben Dantzer of the University of Michigan about his integrative approach to research, fieldwork stories, Squirrels, Meerkats, and Bear encounters during fieldwork. More about Ben. Video trailer: Full Podcast: You can listen to the future episodes of the podcast on iTunes, or by searching ‘British Ecological Society Journals’ (and then look for ‘FieldReports’ playlist) on your favourite podcast hosting app. Field Reports is … Continue reading Field Reports: Ben Dantzer

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Field Reports: Tim Coulson

We are back with another episode of the Field Reports podcast. I spoke to Prof. Tim Coulson of the University of Oxford about his fieldwork stories of taking a wrong boat reaching a wrong island, and more about integrating modelling and empirical field studies. About Tim.     Video trailer: Full podcast: Read the blog post written by Tim about modelling and empirical studies here. … Continue reading Field Reports: Tim Coulson

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Field Reports with Ken Wilson

For the second episode of our podcast, I interviewed Prof. Kenneth Wilson, an Evolutionary ecologist at the University of Lancaster. We talk about the success secrets of his long term projects, armyworms, their devastating effects on the crops in Africa, and his fieldwork research about biological control of the pests. More about Ken: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/wilsonk4/ Here is a short video trailer for the episode: Here is the full episode: … Continue reading Field Reports with Ken Wilson

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Field reports with Nathan Sanders

For the first episode of our podcast, I interviewed Nathan Sanders, a ‘former professional wrestler’ and an ecologist at the University of Vermont. We talk about his first fieldwork experience, ants, plants, a skunk, why study biodiversity, WARM and SALT projects that he is involved in, advice for students, and many personal stories. More about Nate: http://www.natesanders.org     Here is a short video teaser for the … Continue reading Field reports with Nathan Sanders

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