Journal of Animal Ecology | Editor Expertise: Dr Lesley Lancaster

Diversity of skin microbiome on salamanders depends on the environment they live in Paper– Effects of host species and environment on the skin microbiome of Plethodontid salamanders https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12726 With some exceptions, universities rarely teach STEM undergrads how to communicate science to a general audience. This is our initial step towards undergrad science education and teaching them how to communicate science to a wider audience. Find out more on the JAE blog: https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2019/12/19/audio-abstracts-podcasts-on-the-journal-papers-scripted-and-recorded-by-undergrads/

19 Dec 20192min

Diet-dependent gut microbe diversity in pikas Paper–Gut microbial communities of American pikas (Ochotona princeps): Evidence for phylosymbiosis and adaptations to novel diets https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12692 With some exceptions, universities rarely teach STEM undergrads how to communicate science to a general audience. This is our initial step towards undergrad science education and teaching them how to communicate science to a wider audience. Find out more on the JAE blog: https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2019/12/19/audio-abstracts-podcasts-on-the-journal-papers-scripted-and-recorded-by-undergrads/

19 Dec 20192min

Inbreeding badgers prone to age and sex-dependent diseases Paper– Inbreeding intensifies sex-and age-dependent disease in a wild mammal https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12878 With some exceptions, universities rarely teach STEM undergrads how to communicate science to a general audience. This is our initial step towards undergrad science education and teaching them how to communicate science to a wider audience. Find out more on the JAE blog: https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2019/12/19/audio-abstracts-podcasts-on-the-journal-papers-scripted-and-recorded-by-undergrads/

19 Dec 20193min

Early-life environments in bank voles affect their next generation! Paper–Intergenerational fitness effects of the early life environment in a wild rodent https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.13039 With some exceptions, universities rarely teach STEM undergrads how to communicate science to a general audience. This is our initial step towards undergrad science education and teaching them how to communicate science to a wider audience. Find out more on the JAE blog: https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2019/12/19/audio-abstracts-podcasts-on-the-journal-papers-scripted-and-recorded-by-undergrads/

19 Dec 20193min

Journal of Ecology's Executive Editor, David Gibson, interviews Helen Alexander - the 2019 winner of our annual Eminent Ecologist award.

14 Okt 201910min

Large, wild herbivores are declining worldwide, losses that have a number of knock-on effects, including changing the resilience of ecosystems to change, plant regeneration, and how much plant growth an area is capable of. Even though ecologists have long studied these effects using experimental fencing, there is little consensus about how these herbivores impact important ecosystem functions and impacts of large herbivore removal are highly variable, as Elizabeth Forbes discusses in this podcast and in her recent paper: Synthesizing the effects of large, wild herbivore exclusion on ecosystem function https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.13376

11 Okt 201916min

Chuck Fox and Jane Hill chat about Functional Ecology's new experiment looking at single vs double-blind review. You can find out more about this experiment here: http://j.mp/BES_DoubleBlind

5 Sep 201927min

David Gibson (Executive Editor) interviews Iain Stott(Associate Editor) at this year's Ecological Society of America annual meeting #ESA2019 ~ Journal of Ecology

28 Aug 201915min