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Black History Month, Community+Ecology

Black History Month 2024: Dr Saheed Olaide Jimoh

For Black History Month 2024, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Dr Saheed Olaide Jimoh shares his story. Biography Name: Saheed Olaide Jimoh Pronouns: He/Him Affiliation: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Wyoming, USA Website/social media links: Ecology interests in three keywords: 1. Functional ecology  2. Belowground … Continue reading Black History Month 2024: Dr Saheed Olaide Jimoh

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haldane prize

Daniel G. Dick: Exploring the relationship between different measures of functional redundancy

In this blog post, Daniel G. Dick, a public education and geoscience communication postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University, Canada, discusses his study “Measuring functional redundancy using generalized Hill numbers”, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2023 Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers. About the Paper Whether an ecological community can withstand an external perturbation (such as rapid global warming) is thought to be largely … Continue reading Daniel G. Dick: Exploring the relationship between different measures of functional redundancy

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Journal Update, News

Writefull trial announced on Functional Ecology

We are delighted to announce that we have integrated the language editing software, Writefull, into the online submission system of Functional Ecology.   Writefull is an automatic proofing and editing AI tool trained on published articles from STEM subject areas. It screens text for correctness of grammar, spelling, vocabulary and punctuation, as well more subtle language issues such as style, word order, and phrasing. Submitting authors will be … Continue reading Writefull trial announced on Functional Ecology

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Black History Month

Piatã Marques: It is time for efficient diversity actions in academia

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. Piatã Marques—an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and mentor at the Odu initiative—is an Urban Ecologist that is … Continue reading Piatã Marques: It is time for efficient diversity actions in academia

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Black History Month, Podcast transcripts

BES Collaborates with The Root Of The Science Podcast for a special panel discussion with Daniel Pauly, Nasiphi Bitani, and Mthokosizi Moyo for BHM 2022

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. In this very special podcast episode, British Ecological Society Journals podcast is collaborating with Anne Chisa, host of The Root Of The Science Podcast, to produce a … Continue reading BES Collaborates with The Root Of The Science Podcast for a special panel discussion with Daniel Pauly, Nasiphi Bitani, and Mthokosizi Moyo for BHM 2022

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Black History Month, Podcast transcripts

Sandra Klemet-N’Guessan discusses how to cultivate a more equitable and diverse landscape in ecology and academia with Frank Harris: Podcast transcript

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. Sandra is a PhD candidate in the Xenopoulos Aquatic Ecology Lab, Canada. In this podcast, we sit down to discuss being an ‘aFISHionado’, growing up as a global … Continue reading Sandra Klemet-N’Guessan discusses how to cultivate a more equitable and diverse landscape in ecology and academia with Frank Harris: Podcast transcript

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Black History Month

Nasiphi Bitani: The ecology behind saving birds

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. Nasiphi Bitani—a PhD researcher from the Centre for Functional Biodiversity, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa—shares her story below. How did you get into ecology? … Continue reading Nasiphi Bitani: The ecology behind saving birds

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Black History Month

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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Rainbow Research

Kyle McCulloch: Harmony

To celebrate UK Pride Month, the British Ecological Society journals have re-launched ‘Rainbow Research’ – a blog series which aims to promote the visibility of STEM researchers from the LGBTQ+ community by connecting each post to a theme represented by one of the colours shown in the Progress Pride flag. In this new post, Kyle McCulloch, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Minnesota, USA, … Continue reading Kyle McCulloch: Harmony

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Journal Update

Lara Ferry: Research in Many Languages

Hello Readers! Wonderful to be saying hello to you again, as Senior Editor, and to be able highlight some really fun items in Functional Ecology (couldn’t resist). In this blog post, I will actually be focusing on the blog itself. You might have noticed recently that some of the blog posts, particularly those under the “Behind the Paper” tab, are written in languages other than English. … Continue reading Lara Ferry: Research in Many Languages

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