Is beta-diversity the elephant in the room?
Do you understand beta-diversity? If not, you are likely not alone. Here to explain this under-appreciated concept is Dr Ollie Wearn, an AXA Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, […]
Tag Archives: Biodiversity
How do birds avoid their sibling-species competitors?
Being similar can be problematic. When ecologically-similar species co-occur, competition can result. So how can this be avoided? A recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Ecology shows how birds […]
It’s a bear! Adopting a ‘computer vision for animal ecology’
How can automated image processing be applied for detecting, counting and identifying animals in natural landscapes? A recent review article published in the Journal of Animal Ecology covers this exact […]
Insights for Sustaining Life on Earth
Primate researcher Dr Xyomara Carretero-Pinzón, from the University of Queensland (Australia), recently attended the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) in Colombia. Here she reports back on the conference in general […]
