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Modelling trampling effects of large herbivores on ecosystem processes

This blog post is provided by Adam Meyer and Shawn Leroux and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A theory for context-dependent effects of mammalian trampling on ecosystem nitrogen cycling”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Adam Meyer is a PhD candidate in terrestrial ecosystem ecology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He uses mathematical models and empirical field studies to understand … Continue reading Modelling trampling effects of large herbivores on ecosystem processes

Editor news: summer 2022

This summer, we’re pleased to welcome both a new Associate Editor, Kate Pereira Maia, and a new Research Highlights Editor in Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal. Get to know them here. Research Highlights Editor: Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal Grupo de Ecologia de Invasiones, INIBIOMA – CONICET – Universidad del Comahue, Patagonia, Argentina. Mariano is a community ecologist with broad interests in the factors that generate, maintain and threaten … Continue reading Editor news: summer 2022

Skiing after Darwin wasps

This blog post is provided by Tuomas Kankaanpää and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Microclimate structures communities, predation and herbivory in the High Arctic“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. While we can predict the physical nature of climate change with high accuracy, our understanding of how it will affect complex biological systems is still unarguably poor. In my PhD thesis, I, Tuomas Kankaanpää, set … Continue reading Skiing after Darwin wasps