September Issue Out Now!

Our September Issue is now available online! Featuring methods for 3D phenotyping, identification of ghost parasitoids, estimating the area of applicability of spatial prediction models & much more! Read on to discover our featured articles, specially selected by Executive Editor Rob Freckleton, plus find out more about the Applications and Practical Tools articles we have in this issue. Featured Articles Identification of ghost parasitoids Incidence … Continue reading September Issue Out Now!

India StephensonSeptember 1, 2021September 7, 2021Leave a comment

Ecology, Theoretical methods

A framework for unifying disturbance ecology

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In this post, Brian Buma discusses a unifying framework for studying disturbance ecology, from largescale wildfires to bacterial colonies, as proposed in the new paper “Disturbance ecology and the problem of n = 1: A proposed framework for unifying disturbance ecology studies to address theory across multiple ecological systems” recently published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Ben WhittakerAugust 27, 2021August 27, 2021Leave a comment

Code and Applications, Methods papers, Theoretical methods

Creating a research and conservation tool to support pollinator survival

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The BEEHAVE Team Osborne Becher and Twiston-Davies. Credit: Pete Kennedy.

Everyone, well, almost everyone, loves honey – that sweet, liquid gold laboriously collected by busy bees from countless little flowers. But of course, much more important than honey or wax or even cosmetic royal jelly products are the pollination services that bees provide to wildflowers and crops. In this blog post, authors Matthias Becher, Grace Twiston-Davies & Juliet Osborne discuss their latest paper published in Methods in Ecology & Evolution, “BEE-STEWARD: a research and decision support software for effective land management to promote bumblebee populations”.

Chloe V. RobinsonAugust 26, 2021August 26, 2021Leave a comment

Field Methods, MEEin3, Practical Tools

MEEin3: Adapting a turkey fryer to manipulate water temperature

Got just five minutes to spare? Listen to our brand new podcast! In this episode, we interview Cassandra Konecny and Graham Brownlee about their recent publication “Adapting a propane turkey fryer to manipulate temperature in aquatic environments”. As the likelihood of extreme temperatures increases due to climate change, there is a growing need to better understand the potential impacts of altered thermal regimes on biodiversity … Continue reading MEEin3: Adapting a turkey fryer to manipulate water temperature

India StephensonAugust 25, 2021September 15, 2022Leave a comment

Conservation and management, MEEin3, Methods papers

MEEin3: A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

We are very excited to share the second episode of MEEin3 with you! Listen to Dr Ana Sequeira share the story behind the paper ‘A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation‘. Ana is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, with research focusing on understanding the movement of marine megafauna. But what inspired this article, what was … Continue reading MEEin3: A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

India StephensonAugust 12, 2021September 15, 2022Leave a comment

Methods papers, Statistical methods

Smart genetic analysis made fast and easy

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If you use genetics to differentiate populations, the new package smartsnp might be your new best friend. Written in R language and available from GitHub and CRAN, this package performs principal component analysis with control for genetic drift, projects ancient samples onto modern genetic space, and tests for population differences in genotypes. The package can load big datasets and run complex stats in the blink of an eye.

In this post, Salvador Herrando-Pérez discusses the features of this new package which is fully described in the new paper “smartsnp, an R package for fast multivariate analyses of big genomic data” recently published in Methods in Ecology & Evolution.

Ben WhittakerAugust 11, 2021August 11, 2021Leave a comment

Journal Issues

August Issue Out Now!

Our August Issue is now available online! Featuring methods for monitoring deep sea benthic habitats, simulating host–symbiont evolution, measuring microclimates & many more! Read on to discover our featured articles, specially selected by Senior Editor Aaron Ellison, plus find out more about the Applications and Practical Tools articles we have in this issue. Featured Articles treeducken *open access* Cophylogenetic methods describe discordance between non-independent phylogenies. … Continue reading August Issue Out Now!

India StephensonAugust 4, 2021August 9, 2021Leave a comment

Special Interest Group

Data manipulation and statistical analysis in palaeoecology: an unexpected journey

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Midori Yajima graduated from an MSc in Ecology with a project on palaeoecology and decided to join the online workshop Data Manipulation and Statistical Analysis in Palaeoecology: A Masterclass in R, set up by the Palaeoecology Special Interest Group (PalaeoSIG). In this post, Midori discusses some highlights from the workshop and emphasises the importance of a research community when navigating the programming realm.

Chloe V. RobinsonJuly 26, 2021Leave a comment

Road to COP26

Road to COP26: Antarctic moss – an unusual tool in climate change research

This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow in November, and now more than ever before, the pressure is on for world leaders to agree on climate action to keep global warming below 1.5°c. In the lead up to the conference, we’re asking our editors and authors to share their research at the interface of climate and ecology. In this post, … Continue reading Road to COP26: Antarctic moss – an unusual tool in climate change research

India StephensonJuly 19, 2021Leave a comment

Journal Issues

July Issue Out Now!

Summer is here in London, which means it’s time for our July issue! Featuring methods for documenting predator hunting behaviour, identifying plant species, monitoring small nocturnal mammal species & many more! Read on to discover our featured articles, specially selected by Senior Editor Bob O’Hara, plus find out more about the Applications and Practical Tools articles we have in this issue. Featured Articles Protein quantification … Continue reading July Issue Out Now!

India StephensonJuly 1, 2021Leave a comment