It’s always exciting to prepare for ESA. Here are some recommendations for people interested in biodiversity, global change, pollination, networks and more. As you can see, my interests tend to be wide and hence I tended to run a lot amongst sessions in previous years. My plan this year is to run less and attend…
This week lots of members of the Journal of Ecology Editorial Board are at ESA in Sacramento. See Executive Editor, David Gibson’s, earlier blog post about what he will be getting up to here. Don’t forget to visit the British Ecological Society’s stand either! A few members of the Editorial Board have written about their schedules…
It’s that time of the year again when ecologists from around the globe descend upon a convention center in North America for a week-long frenzy of eco-geeking. I missed last year’s bash in Minneapolis because I chose to wait a couple of weeks and attend the British Ecological Society’s Centenary celebration in London (see why here). But,…
Ethan White is a macroecologist at Utah State University – I caught up with him at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting in August to chat about his research, and a his talk titled Evaluating a general theory of macroecology using big data. You can read the abstract for his talk here. See also talks by members…
EcoTas13 – Auckland 24 – 29 November Going to EcoTas13 this year will be bitter-sweet for me, I am shortly to move from a land of abundant snakes to one where St. Patrick drastically reduced the herpetofaunal richness with one wave of his magic staff. So I’m going to make the most of this awesome concentration of…
V Reunión Binacional de Ecología, 3 – 6 November 2013 The V Reunión Binacional de Ecología was celebrated in Puerto Varas, Chile, and the meeting aimed to gather both Argentinean and Chilean ecologists. Like the previous meetings organized by the two ecological societies –the Sociedad de Ecología de Chile and the Asociación Argentina de Ecología-…
The 5th Binational Ecology Meeting (#socecol) between the Argentinian Ecological Association and the Chilean Ecological Society is in full swing. Journal of Ecology Associate Editor Frida Piper is attending and so is Andrew Beckerman (@beckerhopper), Editor of Ecology and Evolution, who is also blowing the British Ecological Society’s horn from a beautifully minimalistic and hopefully highly effective…
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor at the University of Maine, has a paper out in the journal titled Linking abundances of the dung fungus Sporormiella to the density of bison: implications for assessing grazing by megaherbivores in palaeorecords. I caught up with Dr. Gill at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting in Minneapolis, MN, USA to chat…
Haldre Rogers organized a session at the recent Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting in August titled What Is The Fate Of a Forest Without Vertebrate Frugivores? Merging Case Studies With Theory. You can read the abstract for the session here. We caught up with Haldre at ESA to chat, and the following is our discussion.
It is hard to believe that INTECOL was almost two months ago now! Back in August Journal of Ecology sponsored a symposium at #INT13 entitled “The tree of life in ecosystems: evolution of plant effects on carbon and nutrient cycling”. The symposium was organised by Journal of Ecology Associate Editors Hans Cornelissen and Will Cornwell…
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