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Plant Metabolites and Sawfly Social Lives: Uncovering Nature’s Secret Networks

This blog post is provided by Pragya Singh and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Plant metabolites modulate social networks and lifespan in a sawfly” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Together with colleagues, Pragya explores how turnip sawflies acquire plant chemicals from non-food plants that not only boost their defenses but also, depending on group compositions concerning chemical access, reshape … Continue reading Plant Metabolites and Sawfly Social Lives: Uncovering Nature’s Secret Networks

Defining a mating system of a cryptic deer species

The understanding of the interplay of movement, behaviour and physiology that biologging offers has applied relevance for a range of fields, including evolutionary ecology, wildlife conservation and behavioural ecology. In recognition of this, the Journal of Animal Ecology has an upcoming Special Feature on Biologging  (submissions due 20th September). A benefit of biologging is that it provides the opportunity to study animals that are notoriously difficult to directly … Continue reading Defining a mating system of a cryptic deer species