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

Harriet RhodesJuly 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!

Harriet RhodesJuly 1, 2021Leave a comment

LGBTQ+

Rainbow Research: All Colours of Pride

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To celebrate UK Pride Month, the British Ecological Society journal blogs are posting a ‘Rainbow Research’ series, which aims to promote visibility of STEM researchers from the LGBTQ+ community. Each post will be connected to a theme represented by one of the colours shown in the Progress Pride flag. In this post, Gawain Antell describes the process of sewing a Progress Pride flag with science-themed fabric, while stitching together the identities of being an aromantic asexual palaeobiologist.

Chloe V. RobinsonJune 28, 2021February 9, 20241 Comment

LGBTQ+

Rainbow Research: Transgender Pride

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To celebrate UK Pride Month, the British Ecological Society journal blogs are posting a ‘Rainbow Research’ series, which aims to promote visibility of STEM researchers from the LGBTQ+ community. Each post will be connected to a theme represented by one of the colours shown in the Progress Pride flag. In this post, Daniel Trotter discusses his research on physics and computational neuroscience under the Progress Pride flag theme of ‘Transgender Pride’.

Ben WhittakerJune 15, 2021June 15, 2021Leave a comment

MEEin3

MEEin3 – Our New Podcast Launches Today!

We are very excited to announce the launch of our new podcast! Listen to MEEin3 to hear the latest methods in ecology and evolution in just three minutes.

Got three minutes to spare? Listen now to the pilot episode, in which Dr Chloe Robinson tells us about her method for preserving benthic arthropods for DNA metabarcoding.

Harriet RhodesJune 4, 2021September 15, 2022Leave a comment

LGBTQ+

Rainbow Research: Harmony

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To celebrate UK Pride Month, the British Ecological Society journal blogs are posting a ‘Rainbow Research’ series, which aims to promote visibility of STEM researchers from the LGBTQ+ community. Each post will be connected to a theme represented by one of the colours shown in the Progress Pride flag. In this post, Adrian Monthony discusses his Cannabis tissue culture research under the Progress Pride flag theme of ‘Harmony’.

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Journal Issues

June Issue Out Now!

The sixth issue of the year of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is out now! This issue features four Applications and one Practical Tools article, as well as methods for standardising biologging data, marking mosquitoes, calculating heterogeneity indices and much more. And scroll down to find out the story behind the sleepy seal on this month’s cover! Featured Articles Distance sampling of high-density species Line-transect … Continue reading June Issue Out Now!

Harriet RhodesJune 2, 2021June 2, 2021Leave a comment

LGBTQ+

Rainbow Research: Nature

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To celebrate UK Pride Month, the British Ecological Society journal blogs are posting a ‘Rainbow Research’ series, which aims to promote visibility of STEM researchers from the LGBTQ+ community. Each post will be connected to a theme represented by one of the colours shown in the Progress Pride flag. In this post, Natalie Yoh discusses their bat conservation research under the flag theme of ‘Nature’.

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LGBTQ+

Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

We are inviting contributions from LGBTQ+ ecologists and evolutionary biologists for a series of blog posts across the British Ecological Society journals for UK Pride Month, which takes place in June. The series, called Rainbow Research, aims to promote visibility and inclusion of researchers from the LGBTQ+ community with posts promoting them and their research. Each post will be connected to a theme represented by one … Continue reading Rainbow Research: Contribute to our Pride Month Blog Series!

Harriet RhodesMay 11, 2021May 11, 2021Leave a comment

Journal Issues

May Issue Out Now

The May Issue of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is now online! This issue includes five Featured Articles selected by our Senior Editor Aaron Ellison, highlighting methods for identifying flow modules in ecological networks, detecting rare terrestrial mammals, assessing functional diversity in plants and more! We also have 12 articles, including one Practical Tools and two Applications, which are completely free to read. Find out … Continue reading May Issue Out Now

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