Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 2hAt a remote field station deep in the Ordos wilderness, during those long, lizard-monitoring days, a stray dog stepped in and became the author's very own dedicated field assistant. They turned this story into a blog post — come and read it! 🦎 buff.ly/doQKq6C 010
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 6h📖 New research! Playing with fire: Wolf response to active wildfires, fire fronts and smoke This paper found that wolves altered their habitat use in ways that offset fire-related risks🏔️ 🐺 🔥 🔎 buff.ly/8gaSSmF 051
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🚨 new blog! 🦌 the loss of ungulate migration has far-reaching impacts, including a reduction in elemental transport, as new research led by @kristyferraro and Andre Corradini shows. buff.ly/Ofdnqjt 041
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 08/10/2026📖 Published Drought to deluge: Differential impacts of snow on mountain chickadee reproduction across the Sierra Nevada mountains 🏔️ 🌨️ 🔆 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/vr7GCin 010
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyNatasha Gillies @tashgillies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Following up on our recent paper, I wrote a post for @animalecology.bsky.social’s Animal Ecology in Focus blog on how albatrosses coordinate in differing environments 🌍Check it out for an accessible breakdown of the study (or just to look at some cute albatross chicks)! 🐣 tinyurl.com/JAEalbatross 🔗tinyurl.comDo variable environments erode the value of parental coordination in albatrosses?In this blog post, Natasha Gillies tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Contrasting associations between parental coordination and breeding success in albatrosses across differing … 0115
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyPierre de Villemereuil @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Last episode of the common lizard🦎 quantitative genetics trilogy: doi.org/10.1111/1365... A study on the selection and heritability of breeding phenology in our wild population, led by Théo Bodineau during his PhD, published in @animalecology.bsky.social. @isyeb.mnhn.fr @ephe-psl.bsky.socialdoi.orgHigh thermal plasticity, low heritability and constant directional selection on breeding phenology in a viviparous ectothermOur findings reveal that breeding phenology of the common lizard is shaped by strong thermal plasticity, body size effects, constant selection for earlier parturition, but low heritability. This sugg... 1177
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyMethods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Data Management Better Science Guide has been updated! 🚨 A big thank you to Natalie Cooper and Robert Barber for editing the guide, and everyone who contributed to the writing! (1/3) 12615
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyBritish Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 07/10/2026Could you help shape the 2027 BES symposium? We are looking for a BES member to propose a programme for our 2027 symposium on the theme of Novel Futures in Ecology – what do we know and what should we do? Find out more and apply here www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... 0810
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026📖 New research Beta diversity of Arctiinae moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) along a recovering tropical forest gradient🦋 🌳 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/vKlxwr4 0113
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🦎 New research highlight on active behavioural regulation of ultraviolet light exposure by a free-ranging lizard🦎 👇️ Read more buff.ly/MkMgSUm 021
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🐟️ This paper tested the novel hypothesis that parental care, when dysregulated, can function as a reproductive isolating mechanism in three-spined stickleback fish 🐟️ 📖 Read more: buff.ly/P5jJmhD 031
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026📖 New research Direct, but not indirect, predation-risk cues deter larval settlement in a scyphozoan jellyfish🪼 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/M3FTgie 010
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📖 New research Combined influence of parasites and temperature on nutrient excretion rates and body stoichiometry of a freshwater fish🐟 🔆 🌊 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/oSpE9ak 010
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📖 New research! Niche occupancy of Jamaican bat caves: Diversity increases isotopic niche packing🦇 These results demonstrate niche packing as the operative mechanism of coexistence among diverse Jamaican bat caves 🦇 🔎 buff.ly/GEEPx9V 010
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This study provides the first continent-scale evidence that carotenoid-based colouration declines along a continuous urbanisation gradient 🏢 🐦⬛ 🌍 📖 Read more: buff.ly/1LoiOGp 1199
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026📖 New paper📖 Contrasting associations between parental coordination and breeding success in albatrosses across differing environmental contexts 🕊️ 🌍 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/cEKeY1a 1111
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyRachel Bergeron @rbergeron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why do strong individual drivers fail to predict population recruitment? 🦘🌿 In our new paper in in @animalecology.bsky.social, we show how maternal & environmental effects shape individual success, and discuss why most don't scale up to population level in kangaroos! 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...doi.orgWeathering the storm: Most maternal and environmental drivers of individual reproductive success do not scale up to population recruitment in a large herbivoreUsing 18 years of data on eastern grey kangaroos, we show that drivers of individual reproductive success often do not scale up to population recruitment. Birth asynchrony could buffer population rec... 051
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jean-Dominique Lebreton and Madan K. Oli and tell the #StoryBehindThePaper for their published article, “reproductive value as a key concept in ecology and evolutionary biology”, which breaks down the meaning of reproductive value. buff.ly/vtMlNG4 060
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyKen Welch @kcwelch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026doi.org/10.1111/1365... Proud to present our newest pub in @animalecology.bsky.social. We find greater 🦇 species diversity in Jamaican caves is associated with dietary isotopic niche packing. @utscbiology.bsky.social @utsc.utoronto.ca @yorkuniversity.bsky.social 🧪 1114
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Check out this review 👇️ Reproductive value as a key concept in ecology and evolutionary biology🌍 'Our synthesis highlights why reproductive value repeatedly reappears across diverse areas of population biology' 🔎 buff.ly/7eYA5IN 182
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyBritish Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 24/09/2026We are so thrilled to announce our 2026 BES Award winners 💫 This year, our awards honour ten distinguished ecologists whose work has benefited the scientific community and society as a whole. 1198
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyNicolas Bekka @nicolasbekka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New paper out in @animalecology.bsky.social ! 🔥🕺💃🔥 Across 6 European cities, great tits breeding in more impervious territories had paler carotenoid-based yellow plumage! 🐦⬛🏙️ doi.org/10.1111/1365... Huge thanks to all co-authors and everyone involved in long-term monitoring who made this possible! 0189
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyKristy Ferraro @kristymferraro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026New paper alert! Using GPS collar data and agent based modeling we explore the functional role of migration in elemental distribution, and what happens when animal movement is lost 0133
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🐦⬛ Filtered, yet not homogenised: Urbanisation does not lead to cross-city convergence in Mexican urban bird communities🏢 This paper 'challenges the notion that urbanisation causes homogenisation' 👇️ buff.ly/Yrba2Jk 020
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026📖 New paper! Early-life environment drives long-term decrease in adult body mass in a wild bird population🌍 🐦⬛ 🏔️ 🔎 buff.ly/7Lra4iN 01912
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🪸 Rapid loss, and slow recovery, of coral reef structural complexity resulting from a prolonged marine heatwave🪸 'These results illustrate how rapidly habitat complexity can be lost during climate change induced mass mortality events'🌍 📖 buff.ly/UEeAXwX 0104
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🦌 Elements on the move: How ungulate migration expands Alpine biogeochemical footprints🦌 These findings highlight the broader ecosystem consequences of declining animal movement extent 👇️ buff.ly/2KmnGj8 062
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌍 Complexity promotes stability in mutualistic networks through weaker mutualistic dependencies: Insights from Generalized Modelling🖥️ 🔎 Learn more: buff.ly/kaWNksM 040
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🌦️ Weathering the storm: Most maternal and environmental drivers of individual reproductive success do not scale up to population recruitment in a large herbivore🦘 📖 Read more here: buff.ly/0cFIrph 052
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📖 Check out this paper! Sex differences in social dominance emerge late in life in a gregarious bird🕊️ ♀️ ♂️ 🔎 Find out more: buff.ly/c5tHBgz 062
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🐜 Effects of heat stress on the foraging activity of incipient ant colonies 🐜 'Reduced foraging capacity in young colonies is likely to have strong fitness consequences' Read more👇️ buff.ly/FuejObB 042
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyNatasha Gillies @tashgillies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New paper in @animalecology.bsky.social!📝http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70350 Coordination is thought to be key to the success of biparental care, but we don’t know how this varies with species’ ecology 🍃 We explore: how important is partner coordination & does this depend on environment? 🏞️ 12612
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026📖 New paper Sex-specific responses to warming: A longitudinal study linking life-history variation to telomere dynamics, telomerase expression and oxidative stress 🧬 🔆 🌍 🔎 Read more: buff.ly/foZRPGN 0175
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyBritish Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 15/09/2026We are excited to welcome four internationally renowned speakers to our Annual Meeting this year 👇 1204
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🚨 new podcast episode! 🌳 Dr Trisha Gopalakrishna chats with Dr. Robyn James about the challenges and strategies to tackle gender (in)equity in environmental conservation at the project or program level across multiple sectors. 🎧️ listen here: buff.ly/XKTrKH9 054
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This #PeerReviewWeek we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has reviewed for us over the last year. We really appreciate the time and effort spent in helping us to publish quality research. List here: buff.ly/h2wgahV 💫 044
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyEdward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New paper in @animalecology.bsky.social led by @davididiaquez.bsky.social published today. We document a reduction of ~5% in body mass of adult great tits at Wytham (>1 sd!) over ~45 years and show best explained by natal environment carry-over besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 0132
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🚨 we're recruiting another Senior Editor! 📝 find out more about the role and responsibilities here: buff.ly/3FBD8s3 ⏳️ the deadline for applications is 15 October 2026 📩 get in touch if you have any questions - admin@journalofanimalecology.org 0813
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyFunctional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026📰Published📰Rain over heat: what drives colour diversity in a widespread spider🕷️ buff.ly/EGWaOr3fesummaries.wordpress.comRain over heat: what drives colour diversity in a widespread spiderFabian C. Salgado-Roa, Devi Stuart-Fox, Iliana Medina This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Many species come in different colours withi… 0114
Reposted by Journal of Animal EcologyBritish Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 03/09/2026Call for proposals! Journal of Applied Ecology (@jappliedecology.bsky.social), People and Nature (@peopleandnature.bsky.social), and Journal of Animal Ecology (@animalecology.bsky.social) have just launched a new cross-journal Special Feature 🦠 1136
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🚨 new research highlight: "lockdowns as a natural experiment: Human presence, not buildings, drives mammal avoidance behaviour" 📝 read it here: buff.ly/vQQ4sQe 💡 and the associated article here: buff.ly/BcuDYQm 053
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Fast change, slow return: Roadside mammals on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau rapidly shifted to meadow-like diets during COVID-19, then took years to shift back—a lasting legacy of the anthropause. read the full paper here: buff.ly/PqiUiVy 040
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 01/09/2026📖 Limited capacity for rapid acclimation to marine heatwaves in coastal invertebrates These findings provide an ecologically relevant assessment of thermal performance in coastal invertebrates 🐚 🌊 🦑 🔎 buff.ly/oxKoGJh 081
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🔥 new research! "Predator decision-making shapes the dynamics and stability of mimicry systems" 📝 read it here: buff.ly/UtWuwD2 061
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🚨 new research on "limited capacity for rapid acclimation to marine heatwaves in coastal invertebrates" has just been published 📝 read it here: buff.ly/nHl4od6 081
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026📖 Predator decision-making shapes the dynamics and stability of mimicry systems This study offers a novel explanation for the prevalence of imperfect mimicry in nature and highlights how recognition processes shape the ecological stability of mimicry systems🪲🐞 🔎 buff.ly/OihNiIZ 051
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A new study combining agent-based models with field data reveals how mechanisms underlying individual encounters give rise to the structure of mutualistic networks, using plant–pollinator communities as a model system. 📝 read the paper: buff.ly/VfZc3Nf 📸 read the blog: buff.ly/MTgLveG 063
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 25/08/2026🦎 This study highlights the strong inter-annual thermal plasticity coupled with a limited adaptive potential of breeding phenology in the common lizard🦎 📖 Read more: buff.ly/wUOLauY 070
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🦅 Long-term patterns of breeding range expansion mirror invasion dynamics during recolonisation of a semi-colonial raptor 🦅 📖 Find out more: buff.ly/HIcvVok 040
Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 22/08/2026♂️ Male production in green sea turtles under a feminizing climate: A validated model of sex ratios with temperature-dependent sex determination♀️ 🔎 Read more:https://buff.ly/SdTTXxM 030