Tag: Movement ecology

#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Seed dispersers see the rainforest in 3D

This blog post is provided by Nicholas Russo and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Three-dimensional vegetation structure drives patterns of seed dispersal by African hornbills” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Together with colleagues, Nicholas shows how vegetation structure and weather affect the behaviour and habitat preference of two hornbill species and how this, in turn, may influence seed dispersal. … Continue reading Seed dispersers see the rainforest in 3D

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Adapting to Scarcity: How Drought Impacts Large Carnivore Movement

This blog post is provided by Leigh West and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Droughts reshape apex predator space use and intraguild overlap” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Together with colleagues, Leigh explores how drought influences the movements and competitive dynamics of four key predators in Botswana’s Okavango Delta: lions, leopards, African wild dogs, and cheetahs. In the dynamic … Continue reading Adapting to Scarcity: How Drought Impacts Large Carnivore Movement

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

A tale on brown sleepy lizards, yellow bananas and red cherry tomatoes

This blog post is provided by Orr Spiegel and Marcus Michelangeli and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “Resource manipulation reveals interactive phenotype-dependent foraging in free-ranging lizards”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Using bananas and tomatoes, the authors explore how the foraging behaviour of sleepy lizards in South Australia is affected by their boldness and aggressiveness behavioural type. It was … Continue reading A tale on brown sleepy lizards, yellow bananas and red cherry tomatoes

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Announcements, Publishing

Winners announced: Sidnie Manton Award 2022

Celebrating the best Review or Long-term Studies in Animal Ecology paper by an early career researcher, the Journal of Animal Ecology Editors are pleased to announce the winners of the third (2022) Sidnie Manton Award as Diego Ellis Soto and Kristy M. Ferraro. Diego and Kristy’s winning paper, A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies addresses the important realisation that animals can exert … Continue reading Winners announced: Sidnie Manton Award 2022

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#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

Animals in the driver’s seat: a methodological roadmap to animal-mediated nutrient translocation

This blog post is provided by Kristy M. Ferraro and Diego Ellis-Soto and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for their article “A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Animals are constantly on the move – whether it’s the snow-shoe hare’s quick hop around its home range or a Galapagos tortoise’s seasonal migration up and down a … Continue reading Animals in the driver’s seat: a methodological roadmap to animal-mediated nutrient translocation

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Moving forward with cheetah research and conservation

This blog post is provided by Cédric Scherer and Jörg Melzheimer after winning the ‘pretty map’ category of MoveMapCompetition from the BES Movement Ecology SIG The cheetah is the rarest big cat species in Africa and its numbers have substantially decreased over the last decades to now less than 7,000 adult individuals. In central Namibia, one of the most important strongholds of the species, the cheetahs … Continue reading Moving forward with cheetah research and conservation

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Announcements, Guest post

Blown away: How male pectoral sandpipers look for their next partner

This blog post is provided by Johannes Krietsch  after winning the nerdy” category category of MoveMapCompetition from the BES Movement Ecology SIG. Congratulations Johannes! A key aspect in the study of animal movement is to understand the interaction between the moving subject and the medium in which it moves. In the case of flying birds, the medium is the atmosphere. Flying can be energetically costly … Continue reading Blown away: How male pectoral sandpipers look for their next partner

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Navigating through the R packages for movement

In the biologging Special Issue of the journal, we have new Review paper lead by Rocío Joo on Navigating through the r packages for movement. Rocío is a movement statistician based at the University of Florida and the blog tells the story behind the paper and a brief overview of the paper. Behind the scenes Two years ago, if someone would have asked me about … Continue reading Navigating through the R packages for movement

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Light‐Level Geolocator Analyses: A user’s guide

In the biologging Special Issue of the journal, we have new ‘How to…’ paper lead by Simeon Lisovski from the Swiss Ornithological Institute on Light‐Level Geolocator Analyses. In this blog Simeon walks us through the history of the development of the light-level geolocator, discusses how to choose the best tools for analyzing the date and presents future directions of their usage. Simeon is a Geo.X Young … Continue reading Light‐Level Geolocator Analyses: A user’s guide

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Biologging: squiggly lines, new methods and big ideas

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). An advantage of biologging is that it can be applied to a wide range of animal species. To demonstrate … Continue reading Biologging: squiggly lines, new methods and big ideas

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