To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I’m an ecologist working…
For Black History Month 2024, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Dr. Sharon Kahara shares her story and journey in academia. Name: Dr. Sharon Kahara Affiliation: University of New Haven, USA Ecology Interests: Wetlands, wildlife, carbon dynamics How did you get…
We’re delighted to announce that Sarah Dalrymple has been appointed as a new Senior Editor for the Biological Flora at Journal of Ecology, to work alongside Anthony Davy. Sarah has worked on Biological Flora accounts for a number of years as an Associate Editor, and we’re excited to welcome her to the new role! Sarah,…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, the BES journals are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our editors discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion‘, means to them. Dr Charlotte Ndiribe Hello! I am…
The Journal of Ecology Editors are delighted to announce that Katharine Suding is our Eminent Ecologist award recipient for 2023! In recognition of her work, we asked Katharine to put together a virtual issue of some of her key contributions to the journal. Katharine was interviewed by Executive Editor Richard Bardgett, about her career to date, her motivation for focusing on ‘usable science’, and…
For Black History Month 2023, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Dr Nomthandazo Samantha Manqele shares their story and journey in academia. Name: Dr Nomthandazo Samantha Manqele Affiliation: Social Ecologist at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa …
We’re delighted to announce that the winner of the 2021 Harper Prize is Dina in ‘t Zandt! The Harper Prize is awarded annually for the best paper published in the journal by an early career researcher. Winner: Dina in ‘t Zandt Research: Species abundance fluctuations over 31 years are associated with plant–soil feedback in a…
I can’t tell you how thrilled I was to receive the email notifying me that Journal of Ecology would like to honour me as the 2021 Eminent Ecologist. Journal of Ecology has always been one of my favourite journals. My very first PhD paper was published there, which gave me a huge boost in confidence…
Today our inaugural Sprent Review was published in the March issue of Journal of Ecology. The first Sprent Review is “Evolution and biogeography of actinorhizal plants and legumes: A comparison” by Julie Ardley and Janet Sprent. Here Julie and Janet discuss Janet’s illustrious career in ecology and provide details about their new review paper. You…
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The theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. “A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to…
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