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Tag Archives: Behavioural ecology

Behind the scenes: An evolutionary framework outlining the integration of individual social and spatial ecology

March 6, 2018by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

Our latest #StoryBehindThePaper comes from Quinn Webber, a PhD student working with Dr Eric Vander Wal in the Wildlife Evolutionary Ecology Lab at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. Quinn is studying social and […]

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A practical guide for inferring reliable dominance hierarchies and estimating their uncertainty

January 16, 2018by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

There are thousands of academic papers published each year. But how do they all come about? Damien Farine and Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar share the ‘behind the scenes’ story of their recent paper on […]

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Dodgy gut? Have a lemur cuddle!

December 12, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

According to new research published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, physical contact may be good for your health.  Well, at least if you’re a lemur. Scientists have found a direct […]

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High Society – The social network of vultures

September 23, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

When you think of vultures, you might just think “feathered carrion-eaters”.  But do you think of their social networks, foraging strategies, and daily lives?  Probably not!  Dr Adam Kane (University […]

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Giving a hoot about owl populations

August 5, 2017by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

International Owl Day – who gives a hoot?  Dr Sarah Hoy sure does!  Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen, which studied how the demography and dynamics of […]

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Social networks and disease transmission – A story of giraffes

June 23, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

World Giraffe Day celebrates the longest-necked animal on the longest day (or night, depending on your hemisphere!) of the year – 21st June.  Yet many aspects of giraffe ecology remain […]

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Volume 86:4 slideshow

June 16, 2017by Simon Hoggart Leave a comment

Issue 86:4 is now out. The In Focus in this issue is by Jonathan De Long and looks at the paper by Yuanhu Shao on “Nitrogen deposition cancels out exotic […]

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Volume 86:3 slideshow

May 25, 2017by Simon Hoggart Leave a comment

Issue 86:3 is now out. The In Focus in this issue is by Damien Farine and looks at the paper by Andrea Springer on “Dynamic vs. static social networks in […]

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Volume 85:6 a slideshow

October 26, 2016by Simon Hoggart Leave a comment

Issue 85:6 is now online and for the first time we have two In Focus papers in the issue as we no longer want to limit ourselves to championing only […]

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