Daylength is an ultimate factor of migration

This blog post is provided by Ivan Pokrovsky, Andrea Kölzsch, Sherub Sherub, Wolfgang Fiedler, Peter Glazov, Olga Kulikova, Martin Wikelski and Andrea Flack and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Longer days enable higher diurnal activity for migratory birds“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In general, animals attempt to live in conditions that fit them best. Species’ fitness results from a tradeoff between … Continue reading Daylength is an ultimate factor of migration

Personality and pace-of-life in free-ranging lemon sharks: a field recipe

This blog post is provided by Félicie Dhellemmes and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Personality‐driven life history trade‐offs differ in two subpopulations of free‐ranging predators”. Ingredients: Two (or more) wild populations of juvenile lemon sharks which are known to differ in their predator abundance 15 to 23 people who are ready to fish for twelve exceptionally long nights (every year, since 1993 (or start A.S.A.P.)), to … Continue reading Personality and pace-of-life in free-ranging lemon sharks: a field recipe