FE: Ecology of Stress - Robbie Wilson interviews Lanna Desantis

Music credit: -Artist: Gillicudy (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/) -Song: Jupiter the Blue (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar/01-jupiter-the-blue)

29 Juli 201316min

In this podcast, David Hawke from the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, discusses his recently published paper "Closing the circle: how ecologists can prepare their own quality control material to increase confidence in stable isotope data". Read the article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12087/abstract

15 Juli 20133min

Music credit: "The Old Country" by Plusplus (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Plusplus/Game_Over/07_Plusplus_-_The_Old_Country)

19 Juni 201313min

Robbie Wilson interviews David Jachowski on his work "Unravelling complex associations between physiological state and movement in African elephants." Understanding animal movements involves a complex association of factors. In addition to anatomical constraints and factors like the surrounding environment, more cryptic factors can play a role-- such as an animal's internal, physiological state, or navigational capacity. Complex movement models have been constructed in an attempt to infer an animal's internal state based on movement behaviours, but direct studies of the effect of an individual’s internal state on movement behaviour have been lacking. African elephants are known to alter their behaviour in response to their physiological state, with elevated stress hormone concentrations being associated with reclusive behaviour and aggression towards humans. A better understanding of the link between internal, physiological state and the use of space in relation to the proximity of environmental features and refugia is important in mitigating human-elephant conflict. Read the lay summary here: http://bit.ly/11KoGeb Read the paper here: http://bit.ly/126B33e

17 Juni 201310min

Journal Editor Marc Cadotte interviews Jeremy James from University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources on his paper "A systems approach to resoring degraded drylands". Selected as Editor's Choice for issue 50:3. Read the paper here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12090/abstract The Editor's Choice article here: http://www.journalofappliedecology.org/view/0/editorschoice503.html

5 Juni 201314min

Music credit: "The Old Country" by Plusplus (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Plusplus/Game_Over/07_Plusplus_-_The_Old_Country)

30 Maj 201323min

JEC: Senescence Special Feature by British Ecological Society

21 Maj 201321min

JEC: Interview with Harper Prize 2012 winner Simon Doxford by British Ecological Society

3 Maj 201314min