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Become a member of the British Ecological Society and get FREE ACCESS to MEE!

Did you know that members of the British Ecological Society (BES) get FREE ACCESS to Methods in Ecology and Evolution? The BES, established in 1913, is a learned society and registered charity, with over 4000 members worldwide. Its many activities include the publication of a range of scientific literature, including Methods and our 4 other internationally renowned sister journals, along with education work, policy work, … Continue reading Become a member of the British Ecological Society and get FREE ACCESS to MEE!

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Issue 4.6

Issue 4.6 is now available online! This month Methods covers statistics, movement, community ecology, ecophysiology and demography. There are also 2 freely available applications articles: SimAdapt: an individual-based genetic model for simulating landscape management impacts on populations, by François Rebaudo et al., and nupoint: An R package for density estimation from point transects in the presence of nonuniform animal density, by Martin Cox et al. … Continue reading Issue 4.6

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Out of the jungle of demographic analyses

Demographic models have been used for decades in biology to assess population status or extinction risk, to guide management, and to explore evolutionary responses. Interestingly, these models are now more popular than ever. For instance, Crone et al. (2011) showed in their review that the use of matrix population models are currently expanding in plant ecology, and surely these are not the only types of … Continue reading Out of the jungle of demographic analyses

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Altmetric trial – Quantifying our online presence

Methods has just started a 6 month trial with Altmetric. Altmetric is a powerful tool that tracks when an article has been mentioned online on websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, blog sites, news sites, Mendeley, CiteULike, and many more. When calculating an article’s score, Altmetric takes into account factors such as the number of people who have mentioned it online, the type of people … Continue reading Altmetric trial – Quantifying our online presence

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Issue 4.5

Issue 4.5 is online today. This issue includes articles on species distribution models, connectivity, ecometabolomics, demography, image analysis and metabolites. There is also a freely available application paper entitled “RobOff: software for analysis of alternative land-use options and conservation actions“. About the cover: This image shows a female chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. During floods, animals often have to cross inundated … Continue reading Issue 4.5

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New Associate Editor

The newest Associate Editor to join the Methods team is Carolyn Kurle from UC San Diego. Carolyn is interested in several aspects of marine and terrestrial vertebrate ecology. She uses stable isotope biogeochemistry to answer questions about trophic interactions, foraging ecology, niche partitioning, and animal movement patterns. She also studies the impacts of human perturbations, such as pollution and invasion, on ecological communities. Continue reading New Associate Editor

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New Associate Editor

Welcome to Liam Revell from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Liam brings Methods expertise in computer-based phylogeny methods, and the evolutionary ecology of reptiles. He has previously published with us, and his articles are currently in Methods top papers list, containing our most highly cited and downloaded articles. Click on his photo to read more about his work. Continue reading New Associate Editor

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New Associate Editor

To accommodate Methods ever-increasing number of submissions, we’ve recruited another Associate Editor! Welcome to Barb Anderson. Barb is currently at James Cook University, Australia, but will be moving to the University of Otago in New Zealand this July, and she is also still affiliated with the University of York, UK. Click on her photo to read more about her field of research. Continue reading New Associate Editor

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Virtual Issue – BES Young Investigator Prize Winners 2012

Every year the British Ecological Society awards a prize for the best paper in each of its 5 journals, by an author at the start of their research career. This freely available Virtual Issue entitled “Young Investigator Prize Winners 2012” brings together the winning papers from each journal, in addition to 2 highly commended papers from each journal, all of which were published in an … Continue reading Virtual Issue – BES Young Investigator Prize Winners 2012

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