Journal of Animal Ecology
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Journal of Animal Ecology publishes the best #AnimalEcology research that develops, tests and advances broad ecological principles. A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal.
🚨 New research methods guide - Estimating species occupancy across multiple sampling seasons with autologistic occupancy models via the autoOcc R package
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November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 New research methods guide - Estimating species occupancy across multiple sampling seasons with autologistic occupancy models via the autoOcc R package
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🪲 New research uses12 years of assembly patterns in saproxylic beetles to suggest early decay wood as ephemeral resource patch
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🪲 New research uses12 years of assembly patterns in saproxylic beetles to suggest early decay wood as ephemeral resource patch
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🪿"Moving to colder areas allows arctic geese to reduce negative effects of climate change (trophic mismatch), but this comes at a price for parents as they face harsher nesting conditions, which only parents capable of large investments can cope with"
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November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🪿"Moving to colder areas allows arctic geese to reduce negative effects of climate change (trophic mismatch), but this comes at a price for parents as they face harsher nesting conditions, which only parents capable of large investments can cope with"
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🪰 Density-dependent selection at high food levels leads to the evolution of persistence but not constancy in Drosophila melanogaster populations
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November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🪰 Density-dependent selection at high food levels leads to the evolution of persistence but not constancy in Drosophila melanogaster populations
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🦀 "An IPM2 creates a synergistic modelling framework useful for disentangling multiple size-structured demographic rates and understanding the effectiveness of invasive European green crab removal efforts."
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November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🦀 "An IPM2 creates a synergistic modelling framework useful for disentangling multiple size-structured demographic rates and understanding the effectiveness of invasive European green crab removal efforts."
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🐘 New research - Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🐘 New research - Large herbivores are linked to higher herbaceous plant diversity and functional redundancy across spatial scales
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🪸 New study shows how reef structural complexity at multiple scales shapes fish-driven nutrient hotspots. By identifying thresholds in relief and fine-scale complexity, this study reveals when and where nutrient hotspots may form on coral reefs, offering practical guidance.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🪸 New study shows how reef structural complexity at multiple scales shapes fish-driven nutrient hotspots. By identifying thresholds in relief and fine-scale complexity, this study reveals when and where nutrient hotspots may form on coral reefs, offering practical guidance.
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🐟 New Research disentangles the influence of density dependence, size dependence and environmental effects on fish population dynamics
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November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🐟 New Research disentangles the influence of density dependence, size dependence and environmental effects on fish population dynamics
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🐝 New research - "Our work demonstrates a key role for host-associated microbiota in the realization of induced immune defence, and contributes more broadly to our understanding of microbiota-immune interactions in the context of ecological immunology."
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November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🐝 New research - "Our work demonstrates a key role for host-associated microbiota in the realization of induced immune defence, and contributes more broadly to our understanding of microbiota-immune interactions in the context of ecological immunology."
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🐌 "Poor alignment between thermal sensitivity and habitat temperature can be sufficient, and is likely maintained, so marine snail embryos can survive seasonally driven extreme temperature events. ‘Suboptimal’ good enough"
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November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🐌 "Poor alignment between thermal sensitivity and habitat temperature can be sufficient, and is likely maintained, so marine snail embryos can survive seasonally driven extreme temperature events. ‘Suboptimal’ good enough"
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📊 New review. Sweat the small stuff: A review of the use of accelerometers to estimate energy expenditure in wild animals ➡️ buff.ly/9XJbIwT
"The review will accelerate adoption of best practices so the field can continue to gain momentum"
"The review will accelerate adoption of best practices so the field can continue to gain momentum"
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📊 New review. Sweat the small stuff: A review of the use of accelerometers to estimate energy expenditure in wild animals ➡️ buff.ly/9XJbIwT
"The review will accelerate adoption of best practices so the field can continue to gain momentum"
"The review will accelerate adoption of best practices so the field can continue to gain momentum"
🦎 New Research highlight of MacLeod, K., Bouffet-Halle, A., Wapstra, E., Uller, T., While, G. (2025). Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🦎 New Research highlight of MacLeod, K., Bouffet-Halle, A., Wapstra, E., Uller, T., While, G. (2025). Maternal glucocorticoids have persistent effects on offspring social phenotype irrespective of opportunity for social buffering.
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🐜New study provides the first examination of social immunity in a supercolonial ant subject to attack by a specialist pathogen. The study directly manipulates the nest template to see how space shapes the outcome of social immune behaviours
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐜New study provides the first examination of social immunity in a supercolonial ant subject to attack by a specialist pathogen. The study directly manipulates the nest template to see how space shapes the outcome of social immune behaviours
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The authors of "an integrative, peer-reviewed and open-source cooperative-breeding database (Co-BreeD)", have written their story behind the paper. 📝
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The authors of "an integrative, peer-reviewed and open-source cooperative-breeding database (Co-BreeD)", have written their story behind the paper. 📝
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Blog here: buff.ly/Z5t3EvK
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🌡️ Alternative behavioral responses can buffer animals from environmental stress, yet the trade-offs of habitat selection remain poorly understood. Using a bioenergetics framework, researchers show different energetic strategies for a cold-water fish
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November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌡️ Alternative behavioral responses can buffer animals from environmental stress, yet the trade-offs of habitat selection remain poorly understood. Using a bioenergetics framework, researchers show different energetic strategies for a cold-water fish
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🦭 New study reveals overlooked intraspecific variation in prey quality and its influence on predator energy budgets. By identifying key ecological drivers, they emphasize the need to integrate such variability into bioenergetic models.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🦭 New study reveals overlooked intraspecific variation in prey quality and its influence on predator energy budgets. By identifying key ecological drivers, they emphasize the need to integrate such variability into bioenergetic models.
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🐺 Advantageous snow conditions – in terms of snow depth and density – are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🐺 Advantageous snow conditions – in terms of snow depth and density – are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy.
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New research shows meerkat social group membership strongly shapes gut microbiomes and beneficial bacterial co-occurrence, beyond individual health or environmental exposure. ⬇️
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November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New research shows meerkat social group membership strongly shapes gut microbiomes and beneficial bacterial co-occurrence, beyond individual health or environmental exposure. ⬇️
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"Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding systems across taxa..."
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November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding systems across taxa..."
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🐟 Hierarchical organization of life-history variation in a salmonid fish across riverscape: Relevance of seasonal growth opportunity and maturation decision window. This study is relevant for understanding life-history responses to climate change.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🐟 Hierarchical organization of life-history variation in a salmonid fish across riverscape: Relevance of seasonal growth opportunity and maturation decision window. This study is relevant for understanding life-history responses to climate change.
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🌷New Research highlight showcases Arrowsmith et al. (2025), which shows that temperature alone can shift pollinators’ floral choices in diverse plant–pollinator communities. Such thermally-driven species interaction rewiring may have important consequences. ➡️ buff.ly/i5QrFjd
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October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🌷New Research highlight showcases Arrowsmith et al. (2025), which shows that temperature alone can shift pollinators’ floral choices in diverse plant–pollinator communities. Such thermally-driven species interaction rewiring may have important consequences. ➡️ buff.ly/i5QrFjd
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🐝Just like us, bees eat different things at different temperatures (who wants soup in the summer?). Bombus bifarius likes to visit a cinquefoil (Potentilla pulcherrima) when it’s cooler, but prefers aspen fleabane (Erigeron speciosus) when it’s warm.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🐝Just like us, bees eat different things at different temperatures (who wants soup in the summer?). Bombus bifarius likes to visit a cinquefoil (Potentilla pulcherrima) when it’s cooler, but prefers aspen fleabane (Erigeron speciosus) when it’s warm.
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🐿️New research tests a suite of hypotheses to explain variation in seasonal body mass dynamics of a fat-storing mammalian hibernator. They show that pre-hibernation mass gain mediates an annual allocation trade-off between current and future reproduction
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October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🐿️New research tests a suite of hypotheses to explain variation in seasonal body mass dynamics of a fat-storing mammalian hibernator. They show that pre-hibernation mass gain mediates an annual allocation trade-off between current and future reproduction
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🦘 New Research Highlight - A field test demonstrates that herbivores mitigate some negative effects of African lovegrass invasion on soil biodiversity in Australia.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🦘 New Research Highlight - A field test demonstrates that herbivores mitigate some negative effects of African lovegrass invasion on soil biodiversity in Australia.
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🦌 Deer migration, deer density, tick distribution and incidence of a tick-borne zoonosis
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October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🦌 Deer migration, deer density, tick distribution and incidence of a tick-borne zoonosis
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