Announcing our new Associate Editors 2020

Following an open call for applicants in July, we are pleased to welcome 30 new Associate Editors to the Methods in Ecology and Evolution Editorial Board. The researchers joining us span 16 different countries, including our first editors working in Iran, Italy and Portugal. Find out more about them below.

We are really delighted to have further expanded the expertise on our board so that we can continue to promote the development of new methods in ecology and evolution.

Welcome to the team!

India StephensonNovember 6, 2020November 9, 2020Leave a comment

Conservation and management, Field Methods

Squeezing the Lemon: Getting the Most from a Simple Acoustic Recogniser

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Night parrot (Photo credit: Nick Leseberg).

Presenting the new MEE article ‘Using intrinsic and contextual information associated with automated signal detections to improve call recognizer performance: A case study using the cryptic and critically endangered Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis‘, Nick Leseberg shares the methods behind the hunt for the elusive night parrot.

streamdnaNovember 5, 2020November 5, 2020Leave a comment

Methods 10th, Methods 10th Anniversary, Statistical methods

10th Anniversary Volume 5: Citizen Science Editor’s Choice

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we are highlighting a key article from each of our volumes. For Volume 5, we selected ‘Statistics for citizen science: extracting signals of change from noisy ecological data‘ by Isaac et al. (2014) and the authors looked back on their article and how the field of citizen science has changed since.

In this Editor’s Choice, Res Altwegg, our Associate Editor with expertise in citizen science, shares his favourite MEE papers in the field of citizen science and beyond.

India StephensonNovember 4, 2020November 4, 2020Leave a comment

Ecology, Evolution, Journal Issues, Methods papers

November Issue Out Now!

The latest issue of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is now online!

Senior Editor Aaron Ellison has selected six Featured Articles this month. You can find out about all of them below. We also have eight Applications articles and seven Practical Tools articles in the November issue that are freely available to everyone – no subscription required!

India StephensonNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020Leave a comment

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Month: November 2020