There seems to be less and less funding for ecology. In addition, ecological questions benefit from being carried out in a lot of different locations – this allows for more general conclusions. Traditionally, an ecologist would get a bunch of money and do the research at all the sites herself. Another way to do this…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Ian Pearse about oaks and selection on flowering time in oaks. Check out the related paper in the journal here. This interview took place at ESA 2012 in Portland, OR. As always let us know what you think in the comments section below or on Twitter @JEcology or @recology_
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview David Storch about the Czech Ecological Society and his research on macroecology. Check out the Czech Ecological Society here. Check out David’s Nature paper here. This interview took place at ESA 2012 in Portland, OR. Find the podcast on iTunes here**, or search for “Journal of Ecology” in the iTunes store.…
In Journal of Ecology’s third podcast I interview Jennifer Williams about her recent paper in the Journal on matrix population models. Read the abstract here. This interview took place at ESA 2012 in Portland, OR. Jennifer won the ESA Plant Population Ecology Postdoctoral Excellence Award for this paper. See our post about it here. As always let us…
In Journal of Ecology’s third podcast I interview Jens Kattge about the TRY plant traits database. In addition, we get a user perspective from Rob Salugero-Gomez. This interview took place at ESA 2012 in Portland, OR. As always let us know what you think in the comments section below or on Twitter @JEcology or @recology_
In Journal of Ecology’s second podcast I interview Jarrett Byrnes about crowdfunding science and his SciFund project. Jarrett is a professor at UMass Boston. Learn more about SciFund here. This interview took place at ESA 2012 in Portland, OR. As always let us know what you think in the comments section below or on Twitter @JEcology or @recology_.
UPDATE: You can listen/download the interview with Amber over at iTunes. Get it here, or search for “Journal of Ecology” in the iTunes store. Listen to Journal of Ecology’s first podcast NOW! In this podcast blog editor Scott Chamberlain interviews Amber Budden from DataONE. This interview took place at ESA 2012. As always let us…
A paper issue 100:4 in the Journal (Resource concentration by insects and implications for plant populations) by Andrea Stephens and Judith Myers explores how resource concentration by insects effects plants, using both modeling and empirical approaches. Read the abstract here. I caught up with Andrea a few weeks ago to do a video interview. Subscribe to our YouTube posts…
I’m going to be conducting some interviews at the upcoming Ecological Society of America meeting in Portland. The interviews will be with: Jennifer Williams – on her paper in the Journal here Lauren Urgenson – on her paper in the Journal here Ian Pearse – on research presented in a paper in the Journal here Carol Thornber – on her paper in…
A paper in Early View in the Journal (Continental-scale variability in browser diversity is a major driver of diversity patterns in acacias across Africa) by Michelle Greve and colleagues explores the extent to which browser diversity can drive continental scale diversity of acacias in Africa. Read the abstract here. I caught up with Michelle a few weeks ago to…
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