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Journal Issues

Our April Issue is out now!

This issue contains the latest methods in ecology and evolution. Read to find out about this month’s featured articles and the article behind our cover! Featured The fallacy of single imputation for trait databases: Use multiple imputation instead The past few years have seen the publication of many new trait databases. However, trait databases usually have many missing data. Biologists have developed several methods to impute … Continue reading Our April Issue is out now!

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Robert May Prize

Grace Ridder: Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift-&-rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Grace Ridder’s article ‘Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift-&-rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling‘ is one … Continue reading Grace Ridder: Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift-&-rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling

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Benjamin Van Doren: Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Benjamin Van Doren’s article ‘Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The … Continue reading Benjamin Van Doren: Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas

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Maëlis Kervellec: Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Maëlis Kervellec’s article ‘Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The … Continue reading Maëlis Kervellec: Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity

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Alba Motes Rodrigo: Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Alba Motes Rodrigo’s article ‘Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent‘ is … Continue reading Alba Motes Rodrigo: Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent

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Jonathan Sauder: Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Jonathan Sauder’s article ‘Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The paper … Continue reading Jonathan Sauder: Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning

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Nicolas Mongiardino Koch: Chronospaces: An R package for the statistical exploration of divergence times promotes the assessment of methodological sensitivity

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Nicolas Mongiardino Koch’s article ‘Chronospaces: An R package for the statistical exploration of divergence times promotes the assessment of methodological sensitivity‘ is one … Continue reading Nicolas Mongiardino Koch: Chronospaces: An R package for the statistical exploration of divergence times promotes the assessment of methodological sensitivity

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Omar Saif: Fieldwork in conservation organisations–A review of methodological challenges, opportunities and ethics

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Omar Saif’s article ‘Fieldwork in conservation organisations–A review of methodological challenges, opportunities and ethics‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The … Continue reading Omar Saif: Fieldwork in conservation organisations–A review of methodological challenges, opportunities and ethics

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2024 Robert May Prize Shortlist: Methods Ecology and Evolution’s Award for Early Career Researchers

The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. With entries spanning the 15th Volume of the journal, our Senior Editors carefully shortlisted the following 10 papers: Natasha Klappstein: Step selection functions with non-linear and random effects Omar Saif: Fieldwork in conservation organisations–A review of methodological challenges, opportunities and … Continue reading 2024 Robert May Prize Shortlist: Methods Ecology and Evolution’s Award for Early Career Researchers

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Conferences and Meetings

From Personal Reflections to Emerging Ecological Methods: My BES2024 Experience

Post provided by Sthandiwe Nomthandazo Kanyile The British Ecological Society (BES) held its Annual Meeting in Liverpool in December last year, attracting over 1,600 delegates from around the world! As the oldest ecological society in the world, the BES has a rich history of promoting ecological research, serving as a vital hub for scientists, practitioners, and conservationists across the globe. So, when plans were set … Continue reading From Personal Reflections to Emerging Ecological Methods: My BES2024 Experience

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