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Understanding ecosystem function (and each other)

Proponents of interdisciplinary work can range from grant reviewers to department chairs, but what goes into this type of collaboration? Alva Curtsdotter (ecologist) and Amanda Laubmeier (mathematician) talk about the process behind their recent paper on dynamic food web modelling. Alva: There has for some time now been an increasing interest in using dynamic food web models in ecosystem function research. These mathematical models describe … Continue reading Understanding ecosystem function (and each other)

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Congratulations to Ben Weinstein on winning the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

Today we are pleased to announce that to Ben Weinstein has won the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award for his paper ‘a computer vision for animal ecology’. Ben is a postdoctoral fellow at Oregon State University interested in community ecology, Bayesian modelling and data science. Ben’s paper was selected as a winner from a shortlist of six excellent papers. All the shortlisted papers were excellent, topical … Continue reading Congratulations to Ben Weinstein on winning the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

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The inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

In May 2016 we launched a new competition for early career ecologists to write a Synthesis or Review article for the journal. Today, on International Women’s Day, we are pleased to announce that we have named the new award in honour of Sidnie Manton and present the six shortlisted papers for the inaugural award. Sidnie Manton was a highly regarded zoologist best known for her … Continue reading The inaugural Sidnie Manton Award

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