Methods papers

Improving Reporting Standards For Simulation Studies

Post provided by Coralie Williams Have you ever wondered if your simulation study could be replicated? The replication crisis has been a hot topic in empirical research for years, but it’s only recently that we’ve started discussing it in statistical method research (Boulesteix et al., 2020; Luijken et al., 2024). Methodological research often relies on simulations – computer experiments that assess how well statistical methods … Continue reading Improving Reporting Standards For Simulation Studies

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Methods papers

Introducing ‘Life on the edge’, a new toolbox for predicting population responses to global change

Post provided by Chris Barratt Chris is a Researcher in the Animal Breeding and Genomics group (Centre for Genetic Resources Netherlands) at Wageningen University and Research, and a guest researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. Caught somewhere between being a quantitative geneticist, a spatial modeller and a conservationist, he is committed to finding new and interesting ways to integrate genomic data and predictive modelling … Continue reading Introducing ‘Life on the edge’, a new toolbox for predicting population responses to global change

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Field Methods, Prize winner

Unveiling Earth’s Giants: A Lidar-Based Journey into Asia’s Tallest Trees

It has been a few weeks since the 15th Chinese Symposium on Biodiversity Science and Conservation, where the first “Seminar on Methods in Ecology and Evolution in China” was held. In these blog posts, we hear from some of the winners of the “Outstanding Young Scholar Award in Ecological and Evolutionary Methodology in China”. Here, winner Yu Ren discusses their presentation ‘Discovering and measuring giant … Continue reading Unveiling Earth’s Giants: A Lidar-Based Journey into Asia’s Tallest Trees

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Conferences and Meetings, Second Language Post

首届“生态与进化生物学方法讨论会”成功举办

This post is also available in English 2024年9月24日，首届“生态与进化生物学方法讨论会（暨生态学期刊交流会）”在河南农业大学龙子湖校区举行。此次会议依托于第十五届全国生物多样性科学与保护研讨会，由中国科学院动物研究所乔慧捷研究员主持，Methods in Ecology and Evolution杂志高级编辑Natalie Cooper和来自国内的各个领域内专家屈延华、练琚愉、赖江山、斯幸峰、刘春龙、徐武兵等莅临出席。 来自国内多所著名高校及科研机构的青年学者们分享了各自在生态与进化生物学方法研究领域的最新成果，形式丰富，内容精彩。与会专家从科研素养、报告能力等方面对参会报告进行了综合评价。最终，北京大学刘金博士（报告题目：基于个体模型探究迁徙物种的时间生态位共存）、北京大学任淯博士（报告题目：三维视角下巨树寻找与测量的方法学讨论）、西交利物浦大学邹怡博士（报告题目：rarestR: an R package using rarefaction metrics to estimate α- and β-diversity for incomplete samples）、中国科学院武汉植物园黄猇同学（报告题目：“假毛虫”无法反应真实生物互作—人本位的实验设计偏差）荣获由中国科学院生物多样性委员会与Methods in Ecology and Evolution杂志联名颁发的首届“生态与进化生物方法学优秀青年学者”奖。Natalie Cooper教授与赖江山教授共同为获奖者颁发了奖项与纪念品，以鼓励他们在生态与进化生物学方法领域的创新与探索。 除学术报告外，Natalie Cooper还详细介绍了英国生态学会（BES）旗下期刊的相关信息，以及如何在这些期刊上成功投稿及发表学术论文的关键要点。中国科学院植物研究所文献中心主任周玉荣介绍了植物研究所下属期刊在数据共享及科研出版方面的探索与实践，分享了促进科研数据开放与透明的经验。与会者围绕这些话题进行了深入讨论。 本次会议旨在为生态与进化生物学方法研究领域的学者搭建高水平的学术交流平台，促进该领域的研究合作与成果共享。研讨会的主要组织者乔慧捷研究员对“生态与进化生物学方法讨论会”的未来充满期许，期望会议能实现常态化，吸引更多学者参与，共同推动生态与进化生物学方法学的持续发展与进步。 Continue reading 首届“生态与进化生物学方法讨论会”成功举办

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Conferences and Meetings, Prize winner

Inaugural Seminar on Methods in Ecology and Evolution Held in China

Post provided by Xiao Huang This post is also provided in Chinese. On September 24, 2024, the first “Seminar on Methods in Ecology and Evolution in China” was held at the Longzi Lake Campus of Henan Agricultural University. Organized in conjunction with the 15th Chinese Symposium on Biodiversity Science and Conservation, the event was chaired by Professor Huijie Qiao from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese … Continue reading Inaugural Seminar on Methods in Ecology and Evolution Held in China

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Methods papers

Tackling uncertainty in landscape connectivity

Post provided by Maëlis Kervellec  An Increased Interest Towards Landscape Connectivity Human activities not only contribute to climate change by producing greenhouse gases, but also directly degrade habitats. According to the 2019 IPBES report , about 75% of the Earth’s land surfaces have been heavily modified. Moreover, in Europe, 50% of the land is within 1.5 kilometres of a road (Torres, Jaeger, and Alonso, 2016 ). This … Continue reading Tackling uncertainty in landscape connectivity

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Second Language Post

Introducción a sabinaNSDM: Un nuevo paquete de R para mejorar los modelos de la distribución de especies basado en modelos jerárquicos anidados espacialmente

Post escrito por Teresa Goicolea y Alejandra Zarzo This post in also available in English. Los Modelos de Distribución de Especies (SDMs, por sus siglas en inglés) son herramientas esenciales para que científicos y especialistas de la conservación puedan predecir dónde es probable encontrar especies, dónde han existido en el pasado y dónde podrían aparecer en el futuro. Ante problemas urgentes como el cambio climático … Continue reading Introducción a sabinaNSDM: Un nuevo paquete de R para mejorar los modelos de la distribución de especies basado en modelos jerárquicos anidados espacialmente

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Methods papers

Introducing sabinaNSDM: A New R Package for Improved Species Distribution Modeling based on Spatially-Nested Hierarchical models

Post provided by Teresa Goicolea and Alejandra Zarzo Esta publicación también está disponible en español. Species Distribution Models (SDMs) are essential tools for scientists and conservationists to predict where species are likely to be found, where they have existed in the past, and where they might appear in the future. As we face urgent issues like climate change and biodiversity loss, producing accurate predictions is … Continue reading Introducing sabinaNSDM: A New R Package for Improved Species Distribution Modeling based on Spatially-Nested Hierarchical models

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Peer Review

The Evolution and Diversity of Peer Review

Post provided by Lydia Morley Today, peer review is a foundation of academic publishing. It serves as a checks and balances system to ensure that researchers present work of high quality, novelty, and relevance to the greater academic community. When our work is accepted for publication, it has quite literally been judged by a jury of our peers. And like a real jury, the review … Continue reading The Evolution and Diversity of Peer Review

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LGBTQ+

Pride Month 2024: Nathaniel Wells

Happy Pride Month! Join the British Ecological Society in this annual, global celebration as we share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQ+ community.  This post is by Nathaniel Wells.  About me My name is Nathaniel, and I use he/they pronouns. I’m from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and I’ve just finished my undergraduate degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland with Honours in Psychology. … Continue reading Pride Month 2024: Nathaniel Wells

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