Monitoring successional appearance of dung-associated insects with environmental DNA

This blog post is provided by Emil Ellegaard Thomassen and Philip Francis Thomsen and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals temporal dynamics but functional stability of arthropod communities in cattle dung” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, they use eDNA analysis to give a detailed picture of species communities in the dung pads at … Continue reading Monitoring successional appearance of dung-associated insects with environmental DNA

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My long search for rules on how fish communities are put together

This blog post is provided by Andrew L. Rypel and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘Ecosystem size filters life-history strategies to shape community assembly in lakes’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In this study, he fuses theories from island biogeography and life-history studies to understand how fish assemblages filter along a lake size gradient. As a child, I had the … Continue reading My long search for rules on how fish communities are put together

Citizen Science Podcast: Chris Latimer

The third episode in our Citizen Science Special Issue podcast is live. Chris Latimer tells us about their paper Habitat loss and thermal tolerances influence the sensitivity of resident bird populations to winter weather at regional scales, which was part of the Citizen Science Special Feature. Featured image by Jeremy Cohen Coming up: 19/02/2021 – Journal of Animal Ecology: Citizen Science Special Issue, episode 4 … Continue reading Citizen Science Podcast: Chris Latimer