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Conservation and management, Ecology

As above, so below: a perspective into the application of land-forest monitoring methods for the assessment of marine animal forests

Post provided by Torcuato Pulido Mantas I am a postdoctoral researcher in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), Polytechnic University of Marche, where I work in the Zoology Lab (link: https://www.instagram.com/zoomardisva/). We focus on understanding how climate change affects benthic marine organisms, developing new methods for marine environmental monitoring, and promoting effective conservation strategies for vulnerable habitats and … Continue reading As above, so below: a perspective into the application of land-forest monitoring methods for the assessment of marine animal forests

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Methods papers

Managing plant viral epidemics – linking insect transmission and epidemic risk

Post provided by Ruairí Donnelly, Israël Tankam, and Alison Scott-Brown Here in the Epidemiology and Modelling Group at the University of Cambridge, our work is driven by the need to secure food supplies for future generations, particularly for those living in areas of the world already under increasing pressure from climate change and extreme weather conditions, making it harder for small-holders to produce and trade … Continue reading Managing plant viral epidemics – linking insect transmission and epidemic risk

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Methods papers

Reading the patterns: vegetation patterns reveal the fragility of dryland sites

Post provided by Benoît Pichon When I first started working on dryland ecosystems in my PhD, I didn’t expect to spend quite so much time staring at black-and-white aerial photographs. Yet these simple images—pixels of vegetation scattered across a matrix of white bare soil pixels—hold fingerprints of the resilience of drylands. In this work, we developed an approach to learn about dryland resilience from vegetation … Continue reading Reading the patterns: vegetation patterns reveal the fragility of dryland sites

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Code and Applications, Methods papers

Students, software, and soil flux: lessons learned from development of a package to estimate soil carbon flux at National Ecological Observatory Sites across the United States

By Naupaka Zimmerman and John Zobitz We (Naupaka and John) are faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) where our lives are a blend of teaching and scholarship. We’re always looking for projects that impact our teaching, mentoring, and scholarship duties simultaneously—those sweet spots where one effort advances multiple aims. Due to higher teaching loads and institutional missions that focus on undergraduate research, it can be … Continue reading Students, software, and soil flux: lessons learned from development of a package to estimate soil carbon flux at National Ecological Observatory Sites across the United States

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Ecology

We impersonated predators and prey to study trophic interactions. It was quite fun, but mostly, it worked

Post provided by David Bolduc and Frederic Dulude-de Broin Most people have played some form of tag during childhood – games where certain players try to catch others, who in turn may be able to take refuge in designated areas, or who must collect a flag or another item to win the game. These games are fun and engaging perhaps because they tap into some … Continue reading We impersonated predators and prey to study trophic interactions. It was quite fun, but mostly, it worked

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Statistical methods

Modelling approaches in meta-analysis: from sandwich estimators to correlated hierarchical models

Post provided by Coralie Williams Conducting a meta-analysis involves a series of decisions, from choosing what data to extract to selecting the outcome measure. But then comes the model specification – how should it be formulated? At its simplest, a meta-analysis can be expressed as a simple linear regression model where the outcome is an effect size (yi), which is a quantitative measure derived from … Continue reading Modelling approaches in meta-analysis: from sandwich estimators to correlated hierarchical models

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Ecology

What’s That Sound? A New Way to Explore Freshwater Soundscapes

Post provided by Katie Turlington I’m Katie Turlington, a soundscape ecologist and PhD candidate at the Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University. My research explores how we can use sound to monitor freshwater ecosystems, which are incredibly diverse but often under-surveyed. I’ve spent the last few years working on rivers in South-East Queensland, trying to make sense of the many sounds these systems produce—from insect stridulations … Continue reading What’s That Sound? A New Way to Explore Freshwater Soundscapes

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Ecology, Practical Tools

Smart cameras in the wild: A centralised solar-powered Raspberry Pi system for automated animal observation and environmental monitoring

Post provided by Marçal Pou-Rossell Many studies of animal behaviour – especially parental care – rely on short, fragmented observations. Whether due to battery limitations, human resources, or remote field conditions, collecting continuous data throughout an entire reproductive cycle is often just not feasible. As a result, key behaviours can go undocumented, and our understanding of how animals make decisions across time remains incomplete. We … Continue reading Smart cameras in the wild: A centralised solar-powered Raspberry Pi system for automated animal observation and environmental monitoring

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Ecology

False Causes, Meet Attractor Dimension

Post provided by Yair Daon Who am I? I’m Yair Daon, a mathematician-turned-epidemiologist at Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Medicine. Most days I stare at time-series curves that claim one thing “drives” another. When those claims are wrong, public-health decisions can drift off course. Our new Methods in Ecology & Evolution paper introduces a fast way to shout “no!” before that happens. A two-minute primer for … Continue reading False Causes, Meet Attractor Dimension

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Conservation and management, Ecology

Practical tools to advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems

Post provided by Marianna Chimienti My name is Dr Marianna Chimienti, and I am a lecturer in Marine Top Predator Ecology at the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University (UK). I’m fascinated by animal movements. My main research focuses on understanding how, where, when, and why animals move, using bio-logging technology (devices attached to animals that can record location, depth, acceleration, orientation, environmental conditions, … Continue reading Practical tools to advance Image-Based bio-logging in marine ecosystems

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