Studying deepwater animals with TrapCam

Two uploads in two days make this a bumper week for Methods in Ecology and Evolution‘s author videos! In Studying deepwater animals with TrapCam lead author Brett Favaro walks us through the construction of TrapCam, an inexpensive, self-contained camera system designed to deliver high-definition video footage of deepwater animals at depths inaccessible for scuba divers, which does not require ongoing support from a vessel, or … Continue reading Studying deepwater animals with TrapCam

Watch the CEE meeting, Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research

By way of an introduction to this blog post, watch this! Back in March the Centre for Ecology and Evolution in London organised a meeting that brought together top researchers in macroevolution. The idea of the meeting was to highlight how advances in the study of macroevolution could be made by a closer integration with ecology, and the incoroporation of ecological ideas and ecological models. … Continue reading Watch the CEE meeting, Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research

A year of podcasts and videos

We have been uploading videos and podcasts for a year now – these have proved really popular, both with authors and readers of the journal. I thought I would just take this opportunity to highlight some of the online content that is supporting articles from the first 3 issues: Our podcasts include:- An introduction to meta analysis Modelling range shifts The Primate Life-History Database Phenological … Continue reading A year of podcasts and videos

Methods in Ecology and Evolution – news

I hope that you have had an enjoyable and productive summer – this is just to update on a few bits of news from Methods in Ecology and Evolution. First, Issue 3 has appeared – there are articles on topics including: Evolutionary Ecology Stable Isotopes Population modelling & monitoring Parasitology Conservation & community ecology Second, the first year of the journal has been enormously succesful … Continue reading Methods in Ecology and Evolution – news