Explaining the cover image

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

Issue 2.5 out today

Issue 2.5 of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is published today, and it’s a special 150 page bumper edition! The tempo of evolution  heads the bill for this issue, with a strong phylogenetic duo in Measuring the temporal structure in serially sampled phylogenies by Rebecca R. Gray, Oliver G. Pybus and Marco Salemi, and A simple polytomy resolver for dated phylogenies by Tyler S. Kuhn, Arne Ø. Mooers and Gavin H. Thomas. The … Continue reading Issue 2.5 out today