This blog post is provided by Joaquín Hortal and Indradatta deCastro-Arrazola and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper ‘ A trait-based framework for dung beetle functional ecology’, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In this blog post you can read how a group of dung beetle ecologists came together to establish a framework for the study of the functional ecology of dung … Continue reading What do dung beetles actually do?
This blog post is provided by Anthony M. Lowney and Robert L. Thomson from the Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Ecological engineering across a spatial gradient: Sociable weaver colonies facilitate animal associations with increasing environmental harshness’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) are small passerine birds, endemic to southern Africa. They weigh no … Continue reading Kalahari Apartment Blocks part two: retail value increases in harsher environments
This blog post is provided by Kurt Trzcinski and Andrea Norris and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Woodpeckers and other excavators maintain the diversity of cavity-nesting vertebrates”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Featured image of a female downy woodpecker by Andrea Norris. In 1995, Prof. Kathy Martin and a handful of students launched a study to examine the effects … Continue reading Woodpeckers and other excavators build a legacy of diversity
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