Category: #StoryBehindThePaper

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Environmental phenology drives spring migration timing 

This blog post is provided by Oleg Bourski and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Environmental phenology drives spring migration timing“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study utilises long-term bird arrival data in central Siberia to demonstrate the effectiveness of utilising the environmental phenology index to predict arrival dates. In the context of increasing global warming, it is important to … Continue reading Environmental phenology drives spring migration timing 

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Diving into a Quarter-Century of  Penguin Energetics

This blog post is provided by Benjamin Dupuis and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Energetics link long-term environmental variations to breeding success in a wild penguin population“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study used long-term bio-logging data to examine how individual responses to environmental variation affect Adélie penguin population dynamics. For the majority of time since humans have tried … Continue reading Diving into a Quarter-Century of  Penguin Energetics

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Cuando la muerte toca tierra: cómo las carroñas de carnívoros y herbívoros modelan los suelos mediterráneos

Esta entrada de blog está escrita por Adrián Colino Barea y cuenta la #StoryBehindThePaper del artículo “Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short-term changes in soil properties“, publicado recientemente en Journal of Animal Ecology. Este estudio exploró las diferencias en la actividad de los carroñeros y en las propiedades del suelo en cadáveres de mesocarnívoros y herbívoros. Amanece en el Parque Regional de Sierra Espuña … Continue reading Cuando la muerte toca tierra: cómo las carroñas de carnívoros y herbívoros modelan los suelos mediterráneos

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When death hits the ground: How carnivore and herbivore carcasses shape Mediterranean soils

This blog post is provided by Adrián Colino Barea and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short-term changes in soil properties“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explored the differences in scavenger activity and soil properties at mesocarnivore and herbivore carcasses. At dawn in Sierra Espuña Regional Park (Murcia, Spain), the landscape feels austere … Continue reading When death hits the ground: How carnivore and herbivore carcasses shape Mediterranean soils

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More Than Hitchhikers: How Epibiotic Crustaceans Help Monitor Dolphin Morbillivirus Epidemics

This blog post is provided by Sofía Ten and Francisco Javier Aznar, and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Long-term trends of epibionts reflect Mediterranean striped dolphin abundance shifts caused by morbillivirus epidemics”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explores the epidemiology of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) and the potential of epibiotic crustaceans to indicate shifts in striped dolphin population abundance … Continue reading More Than Hitchhikers: How Epibiotic Crustaceans Help Monitor Dolphin Morbillivirus Epidemics

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One Bat After Another: Does the Annual Arrival of Baby Bats Lead to Hendra Virus Spillover?

This blog post is provided by Dan Crowley and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Cohorts of immature Pteropus bats show interannual variation in Hendra virus serology”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Every winter, Hendra virus spills over from Australian flying foxes to horses and humans. The authors of this study spent four years tracking juvenile bats to test whether they … Continue reading One Bat After Another: Does the Annual Arrival of Baby Bats Lead to Hendra Virus Spillover?

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Coping as coral reefs degrade: reef fishes’ diets shift from corals to worms, large to small

This blog post is provided by Friederike Clever and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Dietary resilience of coral reef fishes to habitat degradation“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study investigates the degree to which dietary shifts in coral reef fish can buffer against the effects of habitat degradation. Fishes living on coral reefs under climate change conditions face fundamental changes … Continue reading Coping as coral reefs degrade: reef fishes’ diets shift from corals to worms, large to small

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The Secret Journeys of Brook Charr: How Fish Choose Their Own Worlds Underwater

This blog post is provided by Aliénor Stahl, Marc Pépino, Andrea Bertolo and Pierre Magnan and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Behavioural tactics across thermal gradients align with partial morphological divergence in brook charr”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Stahl and colleagues reveal how the Brook charr uses thermal layers in its native lakes of Canada, … Continue reading The Secret Journeys of Brook Charr: How Fish Choose Their Own Worlds Underwater

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Les voyages secrets de l’omble de fontaine : comment les poissons choisissent leurs propres mondes sous l’eau

Cet article de blog est proposé par Aliénor Stahl, Marc Pépino, Andrea Bertolo et Pierre Magnan, et raconte les #CoulissesDeLArticle pour “Behavioural tactics across thermal gradients align with partial morphological divergence in brook charr”, récemment publié dans le Journal of Animal Ecology. Dans cette étude, Stahl et ses collègues révèlent comment l’omble de fontaine utilise les couches thermiques dans ses lacs natifs au Canada, offrant … Continue reading Les voyages secrets de l’omble de fontaine : comment les poissons choisissent leurs propres mondes sous l’eau

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Deciphering the 10-year Snowshoe Hare Cycle

This blog post is provided by Charles Krebs, Stan Boutin and Rudy Boonstra and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Demographic Mechanisms of Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles in Yukon, Canada”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In this study, the authors present a summary of more than 400-person-years’ worth of research on the population cycles of the snowshoe hare, providing a deeper understanding … Continue reading Deciphering the 10-year Snowshoe Hare Cycle

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