Methods papers

Four new papers published in January

Four new papers have been published online this month. These cover a range of topics including ecological modelling, measuring diversity, detecting range shifts and physiological ecology. In the first paper, Gideon Gal and William Anderson outline a new method for detecting regime shift in ecosystems.  Regime shifts occur when the state of an ecosystem changes markedly and rapidly, usually with a dramatic shift in species … Continue reading Four new papers published in January

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Methods digest

Methods Digest – January 2010

A belated happy new year! Here is this month’s round-up of methods papers published in the last month. Do let me know if there are any papers that I have missed that could be featured. In Systematic Biology Brian O’Meara presents new heuristics for joint species delimitation and tree inference. A new comparative method for logistic regression controlling for phylogeny is outlined by Ives & … Continue reading Methods Digest – January 2010

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Methods digest

Methods Digest – December 2009

A round-up of methods papers published in the last month. If there are any papers that you think should be featured, email me or leave a comment and I will add them. Liam Revell has a paper in Evolution on size correction and principal components analysis of phylogenetic comparative data. Olivier Gimenez and colleagues also have a paper in the same issue on generating fitness … Continue reading Methods Digest – December 2009

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Phylogenetic comparative methods

Phylogenetic comparative methods are always an area of hot discussion and lots of methodological development. So I thought it would be useful to highlight some recent papers that have developed new methods in the past year. Please email me or leave a comment if there is anything I have omitted or if something new comes out. Thomas Hansen and colleagues have introduced a new method … Continue reading Phylogenetic comparative methods

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Journal updates

First paper now online!

The first paper accepted in Methods in Ecology & Evolution is now available online! This paper is by Alain Zuur, Elena Ieno and Chris Elphick – Alain is well known in the ecological and R community for his books Analysing Ecological Data, Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R and A Beginner’s Guide to R and for the courses he runs on statistics. … Continue reading First paper now online!

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Conservation and management, Evolution, Phylogenetic analysis, Statistical methods

Methods Digest – November 2009

Here is a round-up of interesting methods and methods-related papers published in the past few weeks. Please do pass on any interesting-looking papers / links and I will include them. In Heredity Blanya et al. review the use of Drosophila subobscura as a tool in research on the  microevolutionary consequences of climate change. There are several methods-relevant papers in the latest issue of Evolution: Céline … Continue reading Methods Digest – November 2009

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Conservation and management, Phylogenetic analysis, Practical Tools, Statistical methods, Theoretical methods

Methods Digest, October 2009

Here is a round-up of some interesting methods papers published in the past few weeks. If you see any more papers that you would like to see flagged up, leave a comment below or email me. In PLoS Biology Wayne Getz presents a thoughtful review of the models and modelling approaches that might be useful in predicting the consequences of multiple threats to ecosystems from … Continue reading Methods Digest, October 2009

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General

More than the printed page

One of the big motivating factors in setting up Methods in Ecology and Evolution was the recognition that there are lots of ways to present research (without losing sight of the importance of peer review, rigour, and quality assurance). However in terms of uptake and usage, the problem with the conventional paper is that it is not necessarily tailored to conveying research in a quick … Continue reading More than the printed page

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Society

BES Meeting 2009 – What’s your method?

There were a number of ideas that led us to launch a journal devoted to methods. These include: Methods papers need support for readers to implement new approaches. This can include code, tutorials and a platform to communicate with authors and other users. Methods are often generic – they can be used across ecology and evolution, and there is justification There was no existsing journal … Continue reading BES Meeting 2009 – What’s your method?

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