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Mountain living shapes reproductive demography

This blog post is provided by Kevin White and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Life-history trade-offs and environmental variability shape reproductive demography in a mountain ungulate“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explored how life-history trade-offs and environmental variability influence demography of mountain goats in extreme environments. Living on a steep mountainside, blanketed in snow nine months of the … Continue reading Mountain living shapes reproductive demography

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Sobre cómo y porque tomé más de 22500 medidas de color en un mes y sobreviví

Esta publicación de blog es proporcionada por David Lopez-Idiaquez y describe el #StoryBehindThePaper del artículo “Global patterns of colouration complexity in the Paridae: effects of climate and species characteristics across body regions“, que fue publicado recientemente en Journal of Animal Ecology. En este estudio, Lopez-Idiaquez exploró la coloración de especímenes de 58 especies de Paridae, y descubrió que las zonas distintas del plumaje se ven … Continue reading Sobre cómo y porque tomé más de 22500 medidas de color en un mes y sobreviví

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

On how and why I took more than 22,500 colour measurements in a month and survived

This blog post is provided by David Lopez-Idiaquez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Global patterns of colouration complexity in the Paridae: effects of climate and species characteristics across body regions”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In this study, Lopez-Idiaquez explored the colouration of specimens of 58 Paridae species, and found that distinct plumage areas are affected by different environmental … Continue reading On how and why I took more than 22,500 colour measurements in a month and survived

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The CariView Experience: Migratory caribou teach researchers where critical summer foods and habitats are located – all from the animal’s perspective

This blog post is provided by Libby Ehlers and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A taste of space: remote animal observations and discrete-choice models provide new insights into foraging dynamics and density for a large subarctic herbivore”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In this blog post, Libby tells the story of how she and colleagues used video collars to … Continue reading The CariView Experience: Migratory caribou teach researchers where critical summer foods and habitats are located – all from the animal’s perspective

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Cold winters drive 8-year population cycles for a beetle pest in agriculture

This blog post is provided by Sara Emery and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Cold winters drive consistent and spatially synchronous 8-year population cycles of cabbage stem flea beetle”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper they explore regular cycles of the cabbage stem flea beetle in Sweden, investigating what impacts these cycles including climatic conditions in the winter. For … Continue reading Cold winters drive 8-year population cycles for a beetle pest in agriculture

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Migrating through a storm: how do songbirds respond to environmental pressures across the annual cycle?

This blog post is provided by Devin de Zwaan and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “The relative influence of cross-seasonal and local weather effects on the breeding success of a migratory songbird“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Devin de Zwaan is a postdoctoral research fellow wrapping up contracts with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Environment and Climate … Continue reading Migrating through a storm: how do songbirds respond to environmental pressures across the annual cycle?

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