Happy coexistence when all have equal energy

This blog post is provided by Leonna Szangolies and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Individual energetics scale up to community coexistence: Movement, metabolism and biodiversity dynamics in fragmented landscapes” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Together with colleagues, Leonna models how habitat fragmentation affects coexistence among species of different body sizes. The coexistence riddle Why do species coexist? In particular, … Continue reading Happy coexistence when all have equal energy

Estimating Species Populations – a critical step in understanding ecological processes

Understanding the size of animal populations is necessary – but also extremely challenging. Andrea Campos Candela, a PhD student with the Fish Ecology Lab in the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA-CSIC) talks us through this problem. “How many animals are there? Understanding ecological processes and the dynamics of wild animal populations is dependent on our answer to such seemingly simple question.  Further, recognizing changes … Continue reading Estimating Species Populations – a critical step in understanding ecological processes