Environmental and Human-Related Gradients Shape the Community Structure of Medium and Large Terrestrial Mammals in a Central Amazonian White-Sand Forest

In this blog post, Renilce Carvalho de Castro tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Environmental and human-related gradients shape the community structure of medium and large terrestrial mammals in a central Amazonian white-sand Forest“, recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This study utilised camera traps to monitor community structure of terrestrial mammals in white-sand ecosystems and evaluate influences of environmental and anthropogenic factors … Continue reading Environmental and Human-Related Gradients Shape the Community Structure of Medium and Large Terrestrial Mammals in a Central Amazonian White-Sand Forest

A Collaborative Approach to Mapping Marine Megafauna Movements

The understanding of the interplay of movement, behaviour and physiology that biologging offers has applied relevance for a range of fields, including evolutionary ecology, wildlife conservation and behavioural ecology. In recognition of this, the Journal of Animal Ecology has an upcoming Special Feature on Biologging  (submissions due 20th September). One of the issues when studying the movements of large animals is the fact that they cover large distances. … Continue reading A Collaborative Approach to Mapping Marine Megafauna Movements