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A tale on brown sleepy lizards, yellow bananas and red cherry tomatoes

This blog post is provided by Orr Spiegel and Marcus Michelangeli and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Resource manipulation reveals interactive phenotype-dependent foraging in free-ranging lizards”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Using bananas and tomatoes, the authors explore how the foraging behaviour of sleepy lizards in South Australia is affected by their boldness and aggressiveness behavioural type. It was … Continue reading A tale on brown sleepy lizards, yellow bananas and red cherry tomatoes

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Monitoring successional appearance of dung-associated insects with environmental DNA

This blog post is provided by Emil Ellegaard Thomassen and Philip Francis Thomsen and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals temporal dynamics but functional stability of arthropod communities in cattle dung” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they use eDNA analysis to give a detailed picture of species communities in the dung pads at … Continue reading Monitoring successional appearance of dung-associated insects with environmental DNA

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Earlier fledging phenology in warmer years depends on local environmental conditions and species.

This blog post is provided by Paul Cuchot and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “How interacting anthropogenic pressures alter the plasticity of breeding time in two common songbirds” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The authors study the breeding phenology in tits using citizen science and mist netting. Context: Phenological adjustment is the first line of adaptive response of vertebrates … Continue reading Earlier fledging phenology in warmer years depends on local environmental conditions and species.

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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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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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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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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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