Carlos Martínez-Núñez: Interaction networks, agricultural management and landscape

Carlos Martínez-Núñez, a PhD candidate at the University of Jaen, tells us about his paper “Interacting effects of landscape and management on plant–solitary bee networks in olive orchard”, why this paper is potentially important for policy makers, and why working with others is one of the best things you can do as an ecologist.

British Ecological Society4 Nov 201931 Oct 2019Leave a comment

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Kristen Ellis: Cause-specific mortality of avian nests

Dr. Kristen Ellis, a postdoctoral researcher at Colorado State University and USGS, tells us about her paper “The importance of functional responses among competing predators for avian nesting success”, how she got involved in ecology, as well as the pros and cons of being an ecologist.

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Abby Kimmitt hold a female resident junco at her field site near University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, VA. Photo Credit: Kaitlin Alford.

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Abigail Kimmitt – Seasonal sympatry and timing of reproduction in dark-eyed juncos.

Dr. Abigail Kimmitt, a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University, tells us about her paper “Migratory strategy explains differences in timing of female reproductive development in seasonally sympatric songbirds”, as well as her current projects and her journey in becoming an ecologist.

British Ecological Society23 Oct 201922 Oct 2019Leave a comment

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Ruben E. Roos & Kristel van Zuijlen: different drivers for plants on mountain slopes

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British Ecological Society21 Oct 201918 Oct 2019Leave a comment

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Dr Benjamin Delory: when history matters

In this Insight, Benjamin Delory, a Postdoctoral research associate at Leuphana University Lüneburg, talks about his recent paper on when history matters: The overlooked role of priority effects in grassland overyielding

British Ecological Society17 Oct 2019Leave a comment

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Getting a PhD in the UK – Victoria Pattison-Willits

This post is part of a series on what goes into getting a PhD around the world. In this post, Vicki Pattison-Willits, a PhD student at the University of Birmingham, UK.

British Ecological Society15 Oct 20199 Jun 2020Leave a comment

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Jan-Claas Dajka: Fishing, grazing and shared resources

What controls grazing potential on coral reefs? And how do you measure that? In this Insight, Jan Dajka, a PhD-student at Lancaster Environment Centre, talks about his recent paper on Habitat and fishing control grazing potential on coral reefs, and how open science tools made it happen.

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Getting a PhD in Tanzania – Upendo Msalilwa

This post is part of a series on what goes into getting a PhD around the world. In this post, Upendo Msalilwa talks about goes into getting a PhD in Tanzania. Where are you getting your PhD? I am a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Biodiversity and Ecosystem management in the school of Life Sciences (LiSe) at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science … Continue reading Getting a PhD in Tanzania – Upendo Msalilwa

British Ecological Society4 Oct 20199 Jun 2020Leave a comment

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Getting a PhD in China – Zheng Fu

This post is part of a series on what goes into getting a PhD around the world. In this post, Zheng Fu talks about getting a PhD in China. Where are you getting your PhD? I recently finished my PhD at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). UCAS consist of more than 100 institutes and I am at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and … Continue reading Getting a PhD in China – Zheng Fu

British Ecological Society3 Oct 20199 Jun 2020Leave a comment