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Researchers discover complex effects of temperature shifts on both hosts and parasites

April 5, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

This blog post is a press release from the authors of Journal of Animal Ecology paper “Host and parasite thermal acclimation responses depend on the stage of infection” by Karie A. Altman […]

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Lethal genetic blindness found in a rare Scottish bird

March 21, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

This blog post is a press release from the authors of Journal of Animal Ecology paper “Evidence of the phenotypic expression of a lethal recessive allele under inbreeding in a wild […]

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Demography Beyond the Population

February 22, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

This exciting collaborative and interdisciplinary special feature integrates novel lines of research in the vast field of demography that directly interact with other ecological and evolutionary disciplines. The goal of […]

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A Look Back At 2015 … And A Little Peek Forward

January 22, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

It’s been another busy year at Journal of Animal Ecology, with more personnel changes and a few new initiatives. Here, we review some of these developments. Papers and other media […]

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Do animals exercise to keep fit?

January 21, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

This blog post is a press release of the Journal of Animal Ecology paper “Do animals exercise to keep fit?” by Lewis Halsey. Press release issued by The British Ecological Society […]

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How a Special Feature can help wildlife “Stuck in Motion” – Video post

January 14, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

In an epoch that will likely be remembered as “The Anthropocene”, wildlife is struggling to cope with anthropogenic habitat loss, fragmentation and disturbance. Ancient migration routes are being lost as […]

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The secret life of wild reindeer

December 10, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 3 Comments

This post presents photos from the Special Feature” Stuck in motion? Reconnecting questions and tools in movement ecology ” from the current issue (85:1) of Journal of Animal Ecology Taken […]

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When does ecology of fishes became fisheries research?

November 21, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

World fisheries day, celebrated today aims to draw attention to the poor status of many fished species as a consequence of overfishing, habitat degradation, global warming, and pollution. Clearly, we […]

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Bugs collected on rooftop for 18 years reveal climate change effects

November 3, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

This blog post is a press release from the authors of the Journal of Animal Ecology paper “Resource specialists lead local insect community turnover associated with temperature – analysis of an […]

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Spatial overlap in a solitary predator

October 20, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

F61 and F51, adult female cougars (Puma concolor), also called mountain lions, were very nearly the same age when they gave birth to their first litters of kittens within a […]

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From social network analysis to speciation in the Neotropics: exciting research by early career ornithologists.

August 20, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

As I mentioned in my earlier post, the joint American Ornithologists Union (AOU) and Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) conference this year emphasized a renewed focus on early career professionals.  Such […]

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East Africa’s Elephant Architects

August 12, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 3 Comments

I can see elephants in my backyard—at least fifteen of them, youngsters and grownups. They are a few hundred meters off, but distinctive amongst the thorn trees, and my eyes […]

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American Ornithologists Union focuses on fledging early career professionals

August 4, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

It is a hot Friday morning, the second to last day of an intimate AOU-COS meeting on the University of Oklahoma campus, and a big day for my lab. A […]

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Life on the edge: celebrating a successful long-term ecological study

July 24, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

The Scottish isles of St Kilda, off the west coast of the Outer Hebrides, have an important place in my heart. It was on St Kilda where I first realised […]

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Penguins on Parade: Conflict in South Georgia – A Slideshow

April 24, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 2 Comments

The Sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia is home to some of the world’s largest breeding aggregations of penguins. Long-term monitoring studies reveal that the local population trends are complex. Some […]

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Chi square I’ve met you before. A belated Valentine’s blog

February 20, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

For those readers who have met me, it will come as no surprise that I was a bit of a geek when I was doing my undergraduate studies.  And that […]

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My life as a wealth generation asset

February 13, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

A few years ago, someone with an interest in dynamical systems devised a complex financial product that allowed banks and other larger corporations to achieve a good return on their […]

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How complex should models used by ecologists be?

February 6, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 2 Comments

In his thought-provoking blog, Tim asks a fundamental question every ecologist has to think about occasionally: how many terms should I include in my model? Tim argues that models with […]

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Modelers to the left of me, field biologists to the right; here I am, stuck in the middle with you

January 30, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 5 Comments

One of the things that I enjoy most about the science I do is collaborating with both field biologists who know their systems inside out, and theoreticians who’s specialist expertise […]

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Down the up staircase: longevity and academics

January 23, 2015by Journal of Animal Ecology 4 Comments

Forty years. That’s at least how long an academic career can last, if you start at 30 and retire at 70. There is no mandatory retirement age (at least in […]

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