When Andrea Baier asked me whether I could write a blog post about my plans for the ESA this year, I initially thought ‘Oh no, another thing for my to-do list’. But then, the skies opened, angels started to sing, and it hit me with full strength – this would be my opportunity to, for…
Over the next few days we will be posting a number of ESA-related posts written by some of Journal of Ecology’s Associate Editors in a countdown to the conference. Glad to be back! I am pleased to say that my attendance at the annual meetings of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) closely rivals that…
I always attend the Ecological Society of America’s Annual Meeting. The last ESA I missed was the 1992 Hawaii meeting (“the meeting without graduate students”) because I was in the middle of moving from Florida to Illinois with a pregnant wife (“you are not leaving for Hawaii right now!”). I’ve not moved jobs since then…
From 26 – 30 June 2013 the 56th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science is taking place in Tartu, Estonia. A number of members of the Journal of Ecology Editorial Board are speaking at the meeting. Please find summaries of talks by four of our Associate Editors below. Ray Callaway Positive interactions…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview James Rosindell, of Imperial College London, about OneZoom. Visit OneZoom here: www.onezoom.org. I spoke with James at the British Ecological Society annual meeting in Birmingham, UK in December, 2012. This interview took place in person at the metting on 19 December, 2012. A few months have passed and…
The following is a guest post written by Santiago Soliveres. Once seen as anomalies, positive (facilitative) interactions among plants and their importance for ecosystem structure and functioning are now fully recognized (see Brooker et al. 2008 for a review). Research focused on facilitation has received increasing attention from the most important ecological and interdisciplinary journals…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Michael Hutchings, who recently stepped down from the Executive Editor position at the Journal of Ecology. I spoke with Mike at the British Ecological Society annual meeting in Birmingham, UK in December, 2012. This interview took place in person at the metting on 17 December, 2012. Follow this link to the BES podcast…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Rebecca Atkinson, of the University of Sheffield, on her research presented at the British Ecological Society annual meeting in Birmingham, UK in December, 2012. This interview took place in person at the metting on 20 December, 2012. Follow this link to the BES podcast series on Souncloud, or use the Soundcloud widget…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Franciska De Vries, of Lancaster University, on her research presented at the British Ecological Society annual meeting in Birmingham, UK in December, 2012. This interview took place in person at the metting on 19 December, 2012. Find out more about Franciska at her website here. Franciska is also an Associate Editor at…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Francesco de Bello, of the Institute of Botany – Czech Academy of Sciences, on his research presented at the British Ecological Society annual meeting in Birmingham, UK in December, 2012. This interview took place in person at the metting on 20 December, 2012. Find out more about Francesco at his…
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