Ants don’t change their behavior to avoid sublethal warming

This blog post is provided by Elsa Youngsteadt and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Can behavior and physiology mitigate effects of warming on ectotherms? A test in urban ants”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper they explore how ants might react to climate change, and whether they can adapt their behaviour to new conditions. Spring flowers are bursting earlier, … Continue reading Ants don’t change their behavior to avoid sublethal warming

Beth PrestonJanuary 25, 2023April 18, 2023Leave a comment

Guest post

The invisible interplay between herbivorous insects and their monitoring ants on a chemically diverse plant

Plants exhibit impressive genetic and chemical diversity, and this variation is important for structuring ecological communities. A recent paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology investigated this with regard to aphids and their host-plant tansy. Lead author Dr Sharon Zytynska from the Technical University of Munich tells us more about this study. The perennial tansy plant (Tanacetum vulgare) grows steadily throughout the spring, producing heads … Continue reading The invisible interplay between herbivorous insects and their monitoring ants on a chemically diverse plant

Sarah MarleyMay 21, 2019January 3, 2020Leave a comment

Podcast

Field Reports: Natalie Clay, Elton Prize winner

For this special episode of Field Reports, I interviewed the winner of this year’s Elton Prize, Dr Natalie Clay. We talk about ants, art, girls in STEM, nutritional ecology, and her award-winning paper. Podcast: You can listen to the future episodes of the podcast on iTunes, or by searching ‘British Ecological Society Journals’ (and then look for ‘FieldReports’ playlist) on your favorite podcast hosting app. … Continue reading Field Reports: Natalie Clay, Elton Prize winner

RavindraAugust 9, 2018August 20, 2018Leave a comment

Announcements

Natalie Clay – Winner of the 2017 Elton Prize

We are delighted to announce that Natalie Clay has been awarded the 2017 Elton Prize for her paper: Towards a geography of omnivory: Omnivores increase carnivory when sodium is limiting. Natalie Clay obtained her PhD from the University of Oklahoma in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program in 2013 under the direction of Michael Kaspari. Her dissertation research examined the relationship between nutrient inputs like … Continue reading Natalie Clay – Winner of the 2017 Elton Prize