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Tag Archives: Behavioural ecology

“Home sweet home”: how limiting between-group interactions of young individuals can favour epidemic fade-out in social species

August 6, 2021by Beth Preston Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by L Marescot, M Franz, S Benhaiem, H Hofer, C Scherer, M L East, and S Kramer-Schadt and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “‘Keeping the kids at home’ can […]

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Daylength is an ultimate factor of migration

April 8, 2021by Julie Leave a comment

This blog post is provided by Ivan Pokrovsky, Andrea Kölzsch, Sherub Sherub, Wolfgang Fiedler, Peter Glazov, Olga Kulikova, Martin Wikelski and Andrea Flack and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Longer days […]

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The multiple facets of behavioural plasticity: A symposium at Behaviour 2019 and a celebration for Louis Lefebvre

July 18, 2019by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Behavioural plasticity is an important concept in ecology and evolution. The term has been applied to a broad range of biological phenomena, from developmental changes occurring in a canalized fashion […]

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Conference Report

Animal Social Networks: Joint Special Feature Open Call

March 26, 2019by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

The recent focus on the study of animal social networks has led to some fundamental new insights. These have spanned across fields in ecology and evolution, ranging from epidemiology and […]

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Announcements

Research gaps in Animal Social Network Analysis

March 26, 2019by Journal of Animal Ecology 3 Comments

Post provided by Damien Farine, Sebastian Sosa, David Jacoby, Mathieu Lihoreau and Cédric Sueur Here at Methods in Ecology & Evolution and the Journal of Animal Ecology we are excited […]

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Live fast, don’t die young

March 9, 2019by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

Understanding the trade-offs between survival and reproduction is essential for the study of population dynamics. A recent paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology used a novel statistical framework to reveal previously […]

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A high cost of infidelity for swift parrots

February 12, 2019by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

A recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Ecology has found that a chronic shortage of females in a critically endangered parrot species has led to love triangles, sneaky […]

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Penguin niche-partitioning resilient to climate change

February 5, 2019by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

Competition for limited food resources can be particularly fierce where similarly-related species overlap. Harriet L. Clewlow is a PhD student based at the British Antarctic Survey and linked with University of […]

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Effects of a maternal stress hormone across life stages

August 16, 2018by Sarah Marley 2 Comments

Anthropogenic disturbance is a growing threat, and the physiological consequences of exposure to such stressors is gaining increasing attention. A recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Ecology explores […]

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Behind the scenes: An evolutionary framework outlining the integration of individual social and spatial ecology

March 6, 2018by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

Our latest #StoryBehindThePaper comes from Quinn Webber, a PhD student working with Dr Eric Vander Wal in the Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Lab at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. Quinn is studying social and […]

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A practical guide for inferring reliable dominance hierarchies and estimating their uncertainty

January 16, 2018by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

There are thousands of academic papers published each year. But how do they all come about? Damien Farine and Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar share the ‘behind the scenes’ story of their recent paper on […]

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Dodgy gut? Have a lemur cuddle!

December 12, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

According to new research published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, physical contact may be good for your health.  Well, at least if you’re a lemur. Scientists have found a direct […]

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Press release

High Society – The social network of vultures

September 23, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

When you think of vultures, you might just think “feathered carrion-eaters”.  But do you think of their social networks, foraging strategies, and daily lives?  Probably not!  Dr Adam Kane (University […]

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Giving a hoot about owl populations

August 5, 2017by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

International Owl Day – who gives a hoot?  Dr Sarah Hoy sure does!  Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen, which studied how the demography and dynamics of […]

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Social networks and disease transmission – A story of giraffes

June 23, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

World Giraffe Day celebrates the longest-necked animal on the longest day (or night, depending on your hemisphere!) of the year – 21st June.  Yet many aspects of giraffe ecology remain […]

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Volume 86:4 slideshow

June 16, 2017by Journal of Animal Ecology 1 Comment

Issue 86:4 is now out. The In Focus in this issue is by Jonathan De Long and looks at the paper by Yuanhu Shao on “Nitrogen deposition cancels out exotic […]

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Volume 86:3 slideshow

May 25, 2017by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Issue 86:3 is now out. The In Focus in this issue is by Damien Farine and looks at the paper by Andrea Springer on “Dynamic vs. static social networks in […]

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Volume 85:6 a slideshow

October 26, 2016by Journal of Animal Ecology Leave a comment

Issue 85:6 is now online and for the first time we have two In Focus papers in the issue as we no longer want to limit ourselves to championing only […]

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