Diego Anjos: The journey of an early career researcher from the global south during the COVID-19 pandemic

For Black History Month, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. The theme for UK Black History Month this year is Time for Change: Action Not Words. Diego Anjos—a post-doc ecology researcher studying at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil—shares his story below. Since my last post during UK Black History Month … Continue reading Diego Anjos: The journey of an early career researcher from the global south during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Jorge Ari Noriega collecting a pitfall trap for dung beetles in one of the coffee farms.

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War, Pandemics, and Biodiversity research: a complicated blend in Colombia

In this post, Jorge Ari Noriega, a Colombian researcher working in functional ecology, shares his experience in researching during times of conflict and difficulty – and hope.

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Ecology during Covid – USA

This is part of a series of posts from ecologists across the globe on how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting them and their research. In this post, Lauren Hallett of the University of Oregon discusses how COVID-19 is affecting research and researchers in the US.

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Jesús López-Angulo working during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Ecology during Covid – Spain

This is part of a series of posts from ecologists across the globe on how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting them and their research. In this post, Jesús López Angulo discusses how COVID-19 is affecting research and researchers in Spain.

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Ecology during Covid – Brazil

Over the next few weeks, we will be posting blogs from ecologists across the globe on how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting them and their research. In this post, Talita Amado discusses how life under lockdown is affecting researchers and students in Brazil – and how it is affecting her personally.

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Ecology during covid – in Australia

Over the next few weeks, we will be posting blogs from ecologists across the globe on how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting them and their research. In this post, David Eldridge of University of New South Wales, Australia, discusses how life under lockdown is affecting him and his colleagues.

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Ecology during Covid – Iran

Over the next few weeks, we will be posting blogs from ecologists across the globe on how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting them and their research. In this post, Mehdi Abedi discusses how this is affecting researchers – and students – in Iran.

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The representation of women as authors of submissions to ecology journals during the COVID-19 pandemic

This post from Functional Ecology Executive Editor Chuck Fox shows some initial analyses of submissions to the BES journals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst he doesn’t find any noticeable changes in submissions in the short period since COVID-19 disruptions have been imposed on society, he notes that the pandemic is likely to affect scientific output and that some members of our community will probably be affected more than others.

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Collecting ticks from the vegetation using the flagging method (© University of Leipzig).

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Land-use, biodiversity and zoonotic diseases

Public awareness and perception of zoonoses has dramatically increased in the last few months due to COVID-19. We invited Drs. Christian Imholt and Anna Obiegala, expert disease ecologists, to explain their perspectives on the emergence of zoonotic diseases in the context of human interference and habitat disturbance.

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Diego Anjos: The journey of an early career researcher from the global south during the COVID-19 pandemic

War, Pandemics, and Biodiversity research: a complicated blend in Colombia

Ecology during Covid – USA

Ecology during Covid – Spain

Ecology during Covid – Brazil

Ecology during covid – in Australia

Ecology during Covid – Iran

The representation of women as authors of submissions to ecology journals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Land-use, biodiversity and zoonotic diseases