Got an iPad? Get the new Methods journal app to keep you up to date with our latest content. The app can be freely downloaded from iTunes, and enables you to: – Download and read our most recent issues – Stay current with the latest articles – Be notified when a new issue is available – Save your favourite articles for quick and easy access … Continue reading New Methods app
Issue 4.8 is now online, containing a Special Feature entitled Unifying Fossils and Phylogenies for Comparative Analyses of Diversification and Trait Evolution, guest edited by Graham Slater and Luke Harmon. Below, Graham describes why they chose to put this Special Feature together:
Since the mid-Twentieth century, the study of evolution has been divided into two sub-disciplines. Microevolution refers to evolutionary change within and among populations of a single species, and is the focus of fields such as population genetics. Macroevolution refers to evolutionary change at and above the level of the species. Studies of phylogenetics, diversification, and major phenotypic transitions all fall under the banner of macroevolution.
Since it’s launch in 2010, Methods has become one of the most important venues for introducing Continue reading “Issue 4.8 Special Feature: Fossils and Phylogenies”
Next week, The British Ecological Society and INTECOL will hold the 11th International Congress of Ecology in London as part of the Society’s centenary celebrations. The papers included in this free Virtual Issue are from a selection of keynote and plenary speakers published across the BES Journals, and represent one of the key themes of INTECOL – international collaboration. Together, they highlight the importance of international … Continue reading BES Virtual Issue: International Collaboration
Virtual Issue: Freshwater Ecology – Understanding ecosystems and reducing anthropogenic environmental stress This freely available Virtual Issue contains a selection of papers published in the BES Journals since 2010, that have contributed to basic scientific knowledge and improved understanding of the effectiveness of restoring freshwater ecosystems. Read the Virtual Issue here. Continue reading BES Virtual Issue: Freshwater Ecology
Listen to Methods latest Podcast by David Hawke, from the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, in which he discusses his recently published paper “Closing the circle: how ecologists can prepare their own quality control material to increase confidence in stable isotope data“: Continue reading New podcast: Controlling error and stable isotope analysis
Issue 4.7 is now online! This issue includes articles on isotopes, abundance, occupancy, survival and acoustics. We also have 3 freely available applications: EasyABC: performing efficient approximate Bayesian computation sampling schemes using R by Franck Jabot et al., Congruification: support for time scaling large phylogenetic trees by Johnathan Eastman et al. and phyloGenerator: an automated phylogeny generation tool for ecologists by William Pearse and Andy Purvis. … Continue reading Issue 4.7
Did you know that members of the British Ecological Society (BES) get FREE ACCESS to Methods in Ecology and Evolution? The BES, established in 1913, is a learned society and registered charity, with over 4000 members worldwide. Its many activities include the publication of a range of scientific literature, including Methods and our 4 other internationally renowned sister journals, along with education work, policy work, … Continue reading Become a member of the British Ecological Society and get FREE ACCESS to MEE!
Yesterday the ISI released their new impact factors: the second year we have been given one. And this year ours is 5.924 (that 4 at the end is vitally important. Vitally) This means we’re now 12th in the Ecology impact factor league tables (yes, Diversity and Distributions, we’re gunning for you next), and are still the highest BES journal. We have been asking those nice … Continue reading Our shiny new Impact Factor
Timed for Evolution 2013, we have just put up a Virtual Issue highlighting some of the papers with an evolutionary theme published in the last year. The link between ecology and evolution is important to MEE: the research papers we have highlighted include excellent examples of these such as modelling dispersal and testing for niche conservatism. Barcoding methods are included, which increasingly are used in … Continue reading Virtual Issue: Evolution 2013
Issue 4.6 is now available online! This month Methods covers statistics, movement, community ecology, ecophysiology and demography. There are also 2 freely available applications articles: SimAdapt: an individual-based genetic model for simulating landscape management impacts on populations, by François Rebaudo et al., and nupoint: An R package for density estimation from point transects in the presence of nonuniform animal density, by Martin Cox et al. … Continue reading Issue 4.6
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