We are thrilled to announce that Rob Salguero-Gómez has been appointed as the new Commissioning Editor for Journal of Animal Ecology. Read on to find out a bit about Rob and how he hopes to help shape the journal in this new role. Get in touch to discuss any ideas for Reviews, Long-term Studies, ‘How To…’ articles and Concepts in Animal Ecology. What can you tell … Continue reading MEET THE EDITOR: Rob Salguero-Gómez
What do you remember of the first paper you published? My first first-authored paper was ‘Adaptive social and maternal induction of antipredator dorsal patterns in a lizard with alternative social strategies’ (with Andrew McAdam, John Wingfield and Barry Sinervo as coauthors, Ecology Letters, 2007). This was a cool paper because we actually made a really exciting discovery—treating embryonic side blotched lizards with estradiol resulted in … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Lesley Lancaster
What do you remember of the first paper you published? I was an undergraduate working on my final year dissertation examining the impacts of recreational disturbance on wintering wildfowl. My supervisor could see the significance of the results and encouraged me to publish. Like most students trying to publish their first paper it felt like a ‘baptism of fire’ but I’ll always be thankful to … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Darren Evans
Next up in our new Meet the Editor series is AS Saint-Etienne and Tintin fan Jean-Michel Gaillard. You can catch Jean-Michel over lunch at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. What can you tell us about the first paper you published? This paper, published in Canadian Journal of Zoology in 1986, was not really in line with my research themes. I acted as a … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Jean-Michel Gaillard
Next up in our new Meet the Editor series is Liverpool FC fan and Executive Editor Ken Wilson. Find out who Ken would like to join his lab and where you can catchup with him at this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. What can you tell us about the first paper you published? It was published in Animal Behaviour and it came from my … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Ken Wilson
Ahead of this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, where you have a chance to meet our Senior Editors, we thought it would be good to get to know the people behind the decision letters. First up is Ben Sheldon. What can you tell us about the first paper you published? Sheldon and Duckworth (1990) Rediscovery of the Madagascar Serpent Eagle. Bull Brit. Orn. Club. … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Ben Sheldon
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about research, what it’s like to be an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Editor Profile Name: Anthony RicciardiCurrent Institution: McGill UniversityKeywords: invasive species, fishes, community ecology, invertebrates, functional response, aquatic food websTwitter: @EcoInvasionsWebsite: https://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/ What do you study and why did you choose to study this particular area? When I … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Anthony Ricciardi
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about research, what it’s like to be an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Editor Profile Name: Antica CulinaCurrent Institution: Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, CroatiaKeywords: Evolutionary ecology, social monogamy, pair bonds, life-history trade-offs, birds, capture-mark-recapture, meta-analysis, FAIR data, open science, meta-scienceTwitter: @antica_cWebsite: https://ecoevo.social/@antica_c Can you briefly describe … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor : Antica Culina
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about their research, experience as an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Associate Editor Profile Name: Pol Capdevila Location: University of Barcelona, Spain Keywords: conservation, demography, extinctions, life history theory, macroecology, phylogenetic analyses, population ecology, regime shifts, resilience. Twitter: @PolCapdevila90 Website: https://polcapdevila.weebly.com/ What area of ecology do … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Pol Capdevila
At JAE we’re taking the opportunity to showcase our wonderful Editorial Board by chatting to our Editors about their research, experience as an editor, and their advice to prospective authors. Editor Profile Name: Garret Street Associate Editor Since: January 2017 Location: Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, USA Keywords: behaviour, Cervidae, habitats, landscape, mammals, modeling, movement, production, resource selection, space use, Suidae Can you … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Garrett Street
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