Robert May Prize

Robert May Prize 2024: Winner announced for early career researcher award

We’re excited to announce Maëlis Kervellec as the winner of the 2024 Robert May Prize, celebrating the best article in the journal by an author at the start of their career. Winner: Maëlis Kervellec Research: ‘Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity‘ About the research One of the wonders of ecological research is seeing clever innovations that bridge theoretical concepts with real-world conservation … Continue reading Robert May Prize 2024: Winner announced for early career researcher award

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Practical Tools

Expanding Our View: The Benthic Observation Survey System (BOSS).

Post provided by Brooke Gibbons. Marine scientists often rely on underwater cameras to survey seabed habitats, but traditional methods come with limitations—small fields of view, restricted coverage, and logistical constraints. Enter the Benthic Observation Survey System (BOSS): a new wide-field, self-righting drop-camera system that significantly expands our ability to survey and map the seafloor. The Need for Better Benthic Surveys Most existing platforms use downward … Continue reading Expanding Our View: The Benthic Observation Survey System (BOSS).

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Robert May Prize

Fay Morland: Including the invisible fraction in whole population studies: A guide to the genetic sampling of unhatched bird eggs

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Fay Morland’s article‘ Including the invisible fraction in whole population studies: A guide to the genetic sampling of unhatched bird eggs‘ is one … Continue reading Fay Morland: Including the invisible fraction in whole population studies: A guide to the genetic sampling of unhatched bird eggs

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Becky Heath: Spatial ecosystem monitoring with a Multichannel Acoustic Autonomous Recording Unit (MAARU)

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Becky Heath’s article ‘Spatial ecosystem monitoring with a Multichannel Acoustic Autonomous Recording Unit (MAARU)‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The … Continue reading Becky Heath: Spatial ecosystem monitoring with a Multichannel Acoustic Autonomous Recording Unit (MAARU)

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Journal Issues

Our April Issue is out now!

This issue contains the latest methods in ecology and evolution. Read to find out about this month’s featured articles and the article behind our cover! Featured The fallacy of single imputation for trait databases: Use multiple imputation instead The past few years have seen the publication of many new trait databases. However, trait databases usually have many missing data. Biologists have developed several methods to impute … Continue reading Our April Issue is out now!

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Grace Ridder: Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift-&-rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Grace Ridder’s article ‘Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift-&-rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling‘ is one … Continue reading Grace Ridder: Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift-&-rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling

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Benjamin Van Doren: Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Benjamin Van Doren’s article ‘Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The … Continue reading Benjamin Van Doren: Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas

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Maëlis Kervellec: Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Maëlis Kervellec’s article ‘Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The … Continue reading Maëlis Kervellec: Bringing circuit theory into spatial occupancy models to assess landscape connectivity

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Alba Motes Rodrigo: Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Alba Motes Rodrigo’s article ‘Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent‘ is … Continue reading Alba Motes Rodrigo: Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density- and context-dependent

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Jonathan Sauder: Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning

Throughout March and April, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2024 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution written by an early career author. Jonathan Sauder’s article ‘Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. The paper … Continue reading Jonathan Sauder: Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning

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