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Robert May Prize

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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Robert May Prize

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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International Womans Day

International Women’s Day 2025- Graziella Iossa

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do?   I am an evolutionary ecologist studying how climate change affects species reproduction, and interested … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025- Graziella Iossa

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International Womans Day

International Women’s Day 2025- Natalie Cooper

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do?   I’m a macroecologist and macroevolutionary biologist interested in understanding broad scale patterns of biodiversity. … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025- Natalie Cooper

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Journal Issues

Our March 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 Bayesian views of generalized additive modelling This study aims to highlight useful links (and differences) between Bayesian and frequentist approaches to smoothing, as detailed in the statistical literature, in an accessible way, with a focus on the mgcv implementation. By … Continue reading Our March issue is out now!

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International Womans Day

International Women’s Day 2025 – Lydia Morley

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do?   I’m really interested in how spatial context and scale impact eco-evolutionary dynamics. Right now, … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025 – Lydia Morley

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International Womans Day

International Women’s Day 2025- Nomthi Khanyile

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do?  I consider myself primarily an ecologist and, perhaps secondarily, an entomologist. I am fascinated … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2025- Nomthi Khanyile

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