Tag: Movement ecology

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A Collaborative Approach to Mapping Marine Megafauna Movements

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). One of the issues when studying the movements of large animals is the fact that they cover large distances. … Continue reading A Collaborative Approach to Mapping Marine Megafauna Movements

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Biologging in a remote world

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). There are many different types of biologging devices. Here, Aimee Hoover from the University of Maryland tells us about … Continue reading Biologging in a remote world

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Using crowd-sourced funding to track snakes

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). Unfortunately, animal-borne tags don’t come cheap. This was the problem recently-completed PhD student Ashleigh Wolfe faced … Continue reading Using crowd-sourced funding to track snakes

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Video: Nowhere to Hide

A couple of weeks ago, we heard from Dr Craig DeMars about his recent publication on linear features and predator-prey dynamics in the forests of Canada. Craig has been kind enough to share some of the camera-trap footage obtained from this study, which we have used to create a short video summarising the research. Check it out below! Nowhere to hide… from Journal of Animal Ecology … Continue reading Video: Nowhere to Hide

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Nowhere to Hide: Changing landscapes and predator highways

Whilst we often think about human activities negatively altering the landscape, sometimes these changes can have unexpected benefits for predators. Of course, this is not necessarily good news for prey species! A paper recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology examined this with regard to linear features and predator-prey dynamics in the forests of Canada. Lead author Dr Craig DeMars, a postdoctoral fellow at the … Continue reading Nowhere to Hide: Changing landscapes and predator highways

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Divergent Migration in Lake Sturgeon

Studying aquatic animals has never been easy. Hidden from view beneath the water surface, they can be hard to find let-alone study in terms of their long-range movements. A recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Ecology investigated migratory behaviour in lake sturgeon. Lead author Steven Kessel from the Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research at the John G. Shedd Aquarium is here to … Continue reading Divergent Migration in Lake Sturgeon

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Podcast

Field Reports: Marie Auger-Methe

For consecutive episodes, we have stories from another female field biologist. I spoke to a marine ecologist Dr. Marie Auger-Methe of the University of British Columbia about polar bears, narwhal farts, movement ecology, the publish or perish attitude, and Ph.D. life. More about Marie here.  Video trailer: Podcast:  You can listen to the future episodes of the podcast on iTunes, or by searching ‘British Ecological Society Journals’ (and … Continue reading Field Reports: Marie Auger-Methe

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Spatial disease models: picking a “useful” model for pressing ecological questions

Since all models are wrong the scientist cannot obtain a “correct” one by excessive elaboration. On the contrary following William of Occam he should seek an economical description of natural phenomena. Just as the ability to devise simple but evocative models is the signature of the great scientist so overelaboration and overparameterization is often the mark of mediocrity. – George Box Ecology is fundamentally intertwined … Continue reading Spatial disease models: picking a “useful” model for pressing ecological questions

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Badgers and Disease Ecology

Traditionally one of the UK’s most charismatic (and certainly distinctive) mammals, the badger has received mixed attention in recent times as a result of their involvement in disease transmission.  To celebrate National Badger Day, Dr Andy Robertson  describes the long-term study of these animals in Woodchester Park.  Dr Robertson is a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Exeter’s Environment and Sustainability Institute, and … Continue reading Badgers and Disease Ecology

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Social networks and disease transmission – A story of giraffes

World Giraffe Day celebrates the longest-necked animal on the longest day (or night, depending on your hemisphere!) of the year – 21st June.  Yet many aspects of giraffe ecology remain poorly studied.  Dr Kim VanderWaal, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, studies how animal social behaviour translates into contact networks and pathogen transmission patterns.  To mark World Giraffe Day, she tells us about her … Continue reading Social networks and disease transmission – A story of giraffes

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