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Antibiotic resistance in humans and farm animals poses a major health challenge. A new study published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ reveals that this problem does not stop at hospital doors ...

In mammals, males are usually stronger and more competitive than females. Males also show greater inequality in reproductive success—the number of offspring they produce—than females.

Chord diagrams can be used to show relationships or flows between and within categories. This blog post introduces ggchord2, a new package that makes it possible to create them using ggplto2 in R.

Scientists observed spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) playing in the wild and found that their precise, sophisticated communication is on par with that of many primate species. Hyenas play and romp wit...

In the Iberian Peninsula, enabling recovery may require effective population-level protection. More broadly, down- and de-listing policies should be supported by explicit evaluation of the indirect d...

The Movement Ecology Annual Meeting will move to the University of Cardiff this year, under the theme Movement Dynamics in a Changing World

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Deaprtment of Biological and Environmental Science is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher in audio-based avian ecology for a fixed-term of three years. The position will start earliest June 2...

Introduction to Basic and Advanced Statistical Modelling Free workshop at the Institute of Advanced Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Target audience: Master’s students, PhD students, Earl...

An academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

We provide a unified framework connecting sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis and model inversion or calibration, discuss their complementary roles in understanding and reducing uncertainty in....

There are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, they’re not often mentioned. So here’s a few functions and arguments I wish I’d known about earlier.