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Which red sea fish will invade the Mediterranean sea next? | The story behind the paper

For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Shahar Chaikin, author of "Native habitat affinities predict fish invasions with post-invasion habitat shifts". We discussed the story behind the paper and his experience as an ecologist. Read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70293 Read Shahar's blog post here:…

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Plastic social buffering of environmental variation | Special Feature for Journal of Animal Ecology

For today's episode, Ivy spoke with Dr David Fisher about his recently published Special Feature titled "Flexible friends: Plastic social buffering of environmental variation", co-edited by Natalie Pilakouta. The Special Feature aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation, how these changes affect fitness, and whether plasticity in…

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Spots or stripes? Identifying Individual Animals Based on their Patterns | The Story Behind the Paper

In this episode, we speak to András Zábó and Aamir Ahmad, about their paper 'RAPID: Real-time animal pattern re-identification on edge devices, an open-source tool for field deployment'. We discuss the development of the tool, some of the challenges faced during development, and the intersection of ecology and technology. Read the full paper here:…

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Lessening Human-Wildlife Conflict | The story behind the paper

In today's episode, Anna is joined by Douglas Sheil and Emmanuel Akampurira, authors of a recently published paper in People and Nature, "Supporting interventions to lessen human-wildlife conflict". Douglas and Emmanuel discuss their route into ecology, the reasons for their research, their findings, and how their discoveries can support and inform the research area moving forward. Read their full…

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Does geography affect life history? A case study in Storks | The story behind the paper

In this episode we talk to Matia Muller about his recently published paper 'Assessment of large-scale spatial variation in age-specific survival and age at first breeding in a long-lived species', which was published in Journal of Animal Eology. We discuss the main findings of the paper, the importance of the results, and life as an ecologist. Read the full paper here:…

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What a changing Arctic means for Little Auks | The story behind the paper

For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Martyna Syposz, author of "Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle)". We discussed the story behind the paper and her experience as an ecologist. Read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.70287 Read Martyna's blog post here:…

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Forwarding forest restoration | The Story Behind the Paper

For today's episode, Anna is joined by Mariana Hernandez-Montilla and Katie Devenish, authors of a recently published paper in People and Nature, "Forwarding forest restoration: Seven key socio-ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux". Katie and Mariana discuss their route into ecology, the reasons for their research, their findings, and how their discoveries can…

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Are goldfish damaging ecosystems? | The story behind the paper

For this episode, Edie Abrahams (Associate Blog Editor, Animal Ecology in Focus) spoke with William Hintz about his recently published paper, "invasive goldfish trigger a regime shift in experimental lake ecosystems of varying trophic state", published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. You can read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70259

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Drone use in Ecology with Jenna Kline | 2025 Robert May Prize Winner

In this podcast episode, we talk to Jenna Kline, an early career researcher who won the Robert May Prize with Methods in Ecology and Evolution for her paper focusing on the use of drones in ecology, especially in monitoring.

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Understanding the climate vulnerability of social bees | The story behind the paper

For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Francis Mullan and Clint Penick, authors of a recently published paper in the Journal of Animal Ecology, "Nesting biology shapes climate vulnerability of social bees". Francis and Clint reflect on their own paths into animal ecology, the context behind conducting their research, their main questions and findings, and how their discoveries can support and…

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Honey-hunter and honeyguide communication | The Story Behind the Paper

In this podcast, People and Nature author Dr Jessica van der Wal talks to Publishing Assistant Anna Nisbett about her article “Cooperative human signals to honeyguides form local dialects”. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70234 African honeyguides research site: https://africanhoneyguides.com/

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