Defining and making inference on the diel niche

This blog post is provided by Brian D. Gerber and Mason Fidino and tells the #StoryBehindthePaper for the paper “A model-based hypothesis framework to define and estimate the diel niche via the `Diel.Niche’ R package”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. In their paper, they present the ‘Diel.Niche’ R package and demonstrate how this package can be used to evaluate hypotheses of … Continue reading Defining and making inference on the diel niche

Night fever at the Pantanal wetlands: night activity of anuran assemblages

“The nighttime environment provides the ecological theater for the nocturnal play” (Gaston 2019, American Naturalist) This blog post is provided by Dr Larissa Sugai and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Drivers of assemblage-wide calling activity in tropical anurans and the role of temporal resolution”, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. As ecologists, our theoretical background has profound historical roots. Sometimes, we’re not … Continue reading Night fever at the Pantanal wetlands: night activity of anuran assemblages