The African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) is endemic to closed-canopy forests of Central and West Africa and is the smallest of the world’s true crocodiles. The species is difficult to study in the wild and therefore poorly known, but likely plays an important ecological role as a top aquatic predator in cool water forest systems.  The dwarf crocodile is also a major food and economic … Continue reading Explaining the cover image for issue 3.1

The cover image for the last issue of the year of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is a biological soil crust (BSC), a community which may be composed by mosses, lichens, liveworths fungi and bacteria that are prevalent in drylands worldwide. Lichen-dominated BSCs (like the one in the image) affect multiple ecosystem functions in those habitats where they are present, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, … Continue reading Explaining the cover image for issue 2.6

The cover image for Issue 2.5 of Methods in Ecology and Evolution depicts a group of migratory wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, photographed in northern Tanzania. The image was one of two supplied by Thomas Morrison, Dartmouth College, NH, which together excellently convey “the challenging nature of individual wildebeest identification”. They accompany Estimating survival in photographic capture–recapture studies: overcoming misidentification error by Thomas A. Morrison, Jun Yoshizaki, James D. Nichols and … Continue reading Explaining the cover image

Our newest issue’s striking cover image is an example of the graphical output of PASSaGE 2, an application providing a broad array of spatial statistical analyses not commonly found in other software packages or GIS software, documented in this edition of Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In this case, the image represents a colour-graded surface map of elevation data. The citable reference for PASSaGE: Pattern … Continue reading Explaining the cover image