Introducing sabinaNSDM: A New R Package for Improved Species Distribution Modeling based on Spatially-Nested Hierarchical models

Post provided by Teresa Goicolea and Alejandra Zarzo Esta publicación también está disponible en español. Species Distribution Models (SDMs) are essential tools for scientists and conservationists to predict where species are likely to be found, where they have existed in the past, and where they might appear in the future. As we face urgent issues like climate change and biodiversity loss, producing accurate predictions is … Continue reading Introducing sabinaNSDM: A New R Package for Improved Species Distribution Modeling based on Spatially-Nested Hierarchical models

besmeeOctober 3, 2024October 15, 20242 Comments

Second Language Post

Introducción a sabinaNSDM: Un nuevo paquete de R para mejorar los modelos de la distribución de especies basado en modelos jerárquicos anidados espacialmente

Post escrito por Teresa Goicolea y Alejandra Zarzo This post in also available in English. Los Modelos de Distribución de Especies (SDMs, por sus siglas en inglés) son herramientas esenciales para que científicos y especialistas de la conservación puedan predecir dónde es probable encontrar especies, dónde han existido en el pasado y dónde podrían aparecer en el futuro. Ante problemas urgentes como el cambio climático … Continue reading Introducción a sabinaNSDM: Un nuevo paquete de R para mejorar los modelos de la distribución de especies basado en modelos jerárquicos anidados espacialmente

besmeeOctober 3, 2024October 3, 20242 Comments

Peer Review

The Evolution and Diversity of Peer Review

Post provided by Lydia Morley Today, peer review is a foundation of academic publishing. It serves as a checks and balances system to ensure that researchers present work of high quality, novelty, and relevance to the greater academic community. When our work is accepted for publication, it has quite literally been judged by a jury of our peers. And like a real jury, the review … Continue reading The Evolution and Diversity of Peer Review

besmeeSeptember 23, 2024September 19, 2024Leave a comment

LGBTQ+

Pride Month 2024: Nathaniel Wells

Happy Pride Month! Join the British Ecological Society in this annual, global celebration as we share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. This post is by Nathaniel Wells. About me My name is Nathaniel, and I use he/they pronouns. I’m from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and I’ve just finished my undergraduate degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland with Honours in Psychology. … Continue reading Pride Month 2024: Nathaniel Wells

besmeeJune 26, 2024June 19, 2024Leave a comment

Ecology, Evolution

Key Concepts in Ecology: Adaptations to variable environments

This blog post on ‘Adaptations to variable environments’ is part of the BES ‘Key Concepts in Ecology’ series, designed to help ecologists in learning the key topics in ecology! Take a look at the full series for a list of key topics you might typically find in an ecology textbook, each providing a quick introduction to the topic, and a list of suggested papers for … Continue reading Key Concepts in Ecology: Adaptations to variable environments

besmeeJanuary 17, 2024January 31, 2024Leave a comment

Cover Image Stories, Ecology, Practical Tools

The buzzOmeter: Recording buzzing insects in motion

Post provided by Marta Skowron Volponi Has the buzzing sound of a wasp flying past your ear ever made you recoil in fear of being stung? What if these buzzes are a warning display aimed at potential predators, just like the bees’ and wasps’ bright colouration that sends a message: “don’t touch me, I’m dangerous”? Or perhaps they are audio messages meant for other wasps? … Continue reading The buzzOmeter: Recording buzzing insects in motion

besmeeDecember 7, 2023December 8, 2023Leave a comment

Statistical methods

Random errors are neither: interpretation of correlated data

Post provided by Anthony Ives

It was a true privilege to be asked to write the inaugural E. C. Pielou Review for Methods in Ecology and Evolution. The first ecology book I bought as an undergraduate was her Ecological Diversity (1975) which still sits on my bookshelf full of marginalia. Both ecology and evolution have long and rich histories of theoretical and empirical work, yet sometimes theory and observation have been only loosely connected. Pielou’s work made it possible to link theory and observation more tightly by providing quantitative, statistical metrics to describe patterns in the world that can be related back to theory.

Ben WhittakerJanuary 18, 2023January 17, 20231 Comment

Conservation and management, Field Methods

Understanding climate change through animal song

Post provided by Diego Llusia (he/him), Camille Desjonquères (she/her) and Sara Víllen-Peréz (she/her)

Many species produce sound as a means of communication, emitting calls or songs to broadcast information to others in the surrounding area. In this blog post, Diego Llusia, Camille Desjonquères, and Sara Víllen-Peréz discuss their research on recording animal calls and how these soundtracks can be used to help monitor the impacts of climate change.

Ben WhittakerOctober 10, 20221 Comment

Code and Applications

How to write clean code

Alessandro Filazzola & Christopher Lortie tell us about their new article ‘A call for clean code to effectively communicate science‘, which provides a series of recommendations and a suite of tools that can be used to help support scientists to produce cleaner code. Can you clearly understand the code that you have written? What about if you gave it to a colleague? Or a reviewer? … Continue reading How to write clean code

India StephensonSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 20222 Comments

Journal Issues

September 2022 Issue Out Now!

Our September issue is now online! This issue contains 22 articles about the latest methods in ecology and evolution, including methods for using the US National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), measuring understory vegetation structure, inducing cancer in invertebrates and much more! Read on to find out about this month’s featured articles and the article behind our magical marine cover. National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) In this … Continue reading September 2022 Issue Out Now!

India StephensonSeptember 5, 2022Leave a comment

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