Early career ecologist? If you have an idea for a Review or Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology paper, we invite you to submit a short abstract and be in with a chance of winning our next Sidnie Manton Award. Proposals will be assessed by the journal Editors and successful applicants will be invited to submit a manuscript to Journal of Animal Ecology. Submitted manuscripts will … Continue reading Sidnie Manton Award: submit your proposal now
Celebrating the best Review or Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology paper by an early career researcher, the Journal of Animal Ecology Editors are pleased to announce the winners of the third (2022) Sidnie Manton Award as Diego Ellis Soto and Kristy M. Ferraro. Diego and Kristy’s winning paper, A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies addresses the important realisation that animals can exert … Continue reading Winners announced: Sidnie Manton Award 2022
We are delighted to announce Kate P. Maia as the 2021 winner of our Elton Prize early career researcher award for the article Interaction generalisation and demographic feedbacks drive the resilience of plant–insect networks to extinctions. In this post, Kate shares her #StoryBehindThePaper. The research Ecological communities can be depicted as networks in which species are connected by interactions. These ecological networks have far-from-random structures, … Continue reading Elton Prize 2021: winner announced
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the joint American Ornithologists Union (AOU) and Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) conference this year emphasized a renewed focus on early career professionals. Such a practice is key in supporting early careers folks in a time when the job market is tight and funding rates are very low. Many of us may receive quality one-on-one mentoring at our home … Continue reading From social network analysis to speciation in the Neotropics: exciting research by early career ornithologists.
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A blog from the Journal of Animal Ecology
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