Ecology and Evolution
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OA journal providing an author friendly outlet for any aspect of ecology or evolution. Partnering with societies, promoting open everything including minds. www.ecolevol.org
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Introducing a new special section—Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution
Editorial introducing a new special issue in the journal.
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Call for papers for our special issue on Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution. Edited by @klymiuk.ca & @birdbiologist.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... / onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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New paper out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....
The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
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The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New paper out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....
The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3....
The total size of the body’s fat stores is a crucial factor in understanding animal health, life history and conservation biology, but no established method exists to measure it in large marine animals without capturing them.
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New study @ecol-evol.bsky.social: Our historic two-tusked #narwhal (ZMH-S-10192) isn’t a female after all - it’s male. DNA & isotope analyses corrected a 340-year assumption. Science is always evolving. → t1p.de/4psy6
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New study @ecol-evol.bsky.social: Our historic two-tusked #narwhal (ZMH-S-10192) isn’t a female after all - it’s male. DNA & isotope analyses corrected a 340-year assumption. Science is always evolving. → t1p.de/4psy6
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
©UHH,_RRZ_MCC,_Mentz#11D7_bearb_BB
#ScienceInProgress #CollectionsMatter
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📣CALL FOR PAPERS - NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2026📣
Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/4fn5i
Guest editors: @jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres, @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jaime-muriel.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social
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Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/4fn5i
Guest editors: @jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres, @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jaime-muriel.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📣CALL FOR PAPERS - NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2026📣
Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/4fn5i
Guest editors: @jj255.bsky.social #RoxanaTorres, @brittheidinger.bsky.social @jaime-muriel.bsky.social @toblermichi.bsky.social
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Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives
More info: vist.ly/4fn5i
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After a wolf dragged a crab trap out of water to get a snack, some scientists said the behavior revealed their ability to use tools.
Video Reveals How Far Wolves Will Go to Steal a Meal
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
After a wolf dragged a crab trap out of water to get a snack, some scientists said the behavior revealed their ability to use tools.
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A fun evolution and behavior project initiated by a summer undergrad Reina Eugene (PGSIP intern!) with Dustin Haskell - Variation in Social Feeding Behaviors and Interactions Among Caenorhabditis Nematodes @penngenetics.bsky.social @ecol-evol.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Variation in Social Feeding Behaviors and Interactions Among Caenorhabditis Nematodes
Different species of roundworms (nematodes) are frequently found together in the wild and can aggregate in groups while feeding. We find that different species of worms display a range of feeding beh...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A fun evolution and behavior project initiated by a summer undergrad Reina Eugene (PGSIP intern!) with Dustin Haskell - Variation in Social Feeding Behaviors and Interactions Among Caenorhabditis Nematodes @penngenetics.bsky.social @ecol-evol.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society
Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience
…we’d love to hear from you!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
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The final chapter of my thesis has just been published in Ecology and Evolution! @ecol-evol.bsky.social
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Here we find that the social environment, notably vocal and aggressive interactions, are linked to cognitive development in magpie fledglings.
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Here we find that the social environment, notably vocal and aggressive interactions, are linked to cognitive development in magpie fledglings.
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The final chapter of my thesis has just been published in Ecology and Evolution! @ecol-evol.bsky.social
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Here we find that the social environment, notably vocal and aggressive interactions, are linked to cognitive development in magpie fledglings.
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Here we find that the social environment, notably vocal and aggressive interactions, are linked to cognitive development in magpie fledglings.
Potential Tool Use by Wolves: Crab Trap Pulling in Haíɫzaqv Nation Territory: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Potential Tool Use by Wolves: Crab Trap Pulling in Haíɫzaqv Nation Territory: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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In our new paper with @philtorres.bsky.social @aaronpomerantz.bsky.social et al. published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social we describe the mystery of an orb-weaving spider (Cyclosa sp.) 🕷️ and why they possibly construct larger "spider-shaped decoy" in their webs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cyclosa Menge, 1866 (Araneidae) Orb‐Weavers Build Stabilimenta That Resemble Larger Spiders
The orb-weaving spider Cyclosa longicauda from Peru constructs unique stabilimenta from detritus and silk that visually resemble a larger spider. This previously undescribed behavior likely functions....
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November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In our new paper with @philtorres.bsky.social @aaronpomerantz.bsky.social et al. published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social we describe the mystery of an orb-weaving spider (Cyclosa sp.) 🕷️ and why they possibly construct larger "spider-shaped decoy" in their webs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Social Interactions Are Related to Cognitive Development in Magpie Fledglings: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Social Interactions Are Related to Cognitive Development in Magpie Fledglings: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology
Authors of new paper on Orb-Weaver #spiders building 'fake spiders' in their webs discuss their work in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyS...
Spider Art or Survival? 🕷️ The Mystery of Cyclosa's Fake Spiders | Video Abstract
YouTube video by Wildlife Messengers
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Authors of new paper on Orb-Weaver #spiders building 'fake spiders' in their webs discuss their work in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDyS...
Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
This Is What a Vindicated Iguana Looks Like
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November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reptiles on a Mexican island were considered an invasive species, but DNA evidence proves they beat humans to the island by hundreds of thousands of years: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green #Bats? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green Bats?
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October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Who Can Explain the Glowing Green #Bats? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...
An apparently invasive island iguana, slated for eradication, actually arrived from mainland Mexico over 400,000 years ago: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
An apparently invasive island iguana, slated for eradication, actually arrived from mainland Mexico over 400,000 years ago: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Interesting paper that documents, with data, a phenomenon we all know it's real
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Quantifying reviewer declines in scientific publishing: twenty-one years of data from biological invasions 2002–2024 - Biological Invasions
The peer review process has been fundamental to scientific publishing since the mid-twentieth century because it helps to ensure scientific rigor and integrity. However, as fewer scientists seem willi...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interesting paper that documents, with data, a phenomenon we all know it's real
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fox et al. The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining
Larger sample sizes are desirable because they minimize sampling error. However, they are not the only desideratum, and it is unknown if sample sizes in ecology trade off with other desiderata. Here ...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Fox et al. The sample size of the typical ecological correlation coefficient is small and slowly declining nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🌱🦋 Urban parks are critical for butterfly´ trait diversity! 🌐
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌱🦋 Urban parks are critical for butterfly´ trait diversity! 🌐
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
Our new study investigates how vegetation structure and landscape heterogeneity affect butterfly diversity in urban parks in the Andean city of #Bogotá 🌎
👇🧵 #UrbanEcology #Conservation #FunctionalEcology
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Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Bug‐Network (BugNet): A Global Experimental Network Testing the Effects of Invertebrate Herbivores and Fungal Pathogens on Plant Communities and Ecosystem Function in Open Ecosystems
The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Our first paper from the Bug-Network (BugNet) is out! 🎉
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
BugNet is a global network studying how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape plant diversity & ecosystem functioning worldwide. The paper reports on the methods of the experimental part:
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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How can we make scientific events such as #conferences more #inclusive? Read about the study we conducted during #Behaviour2023 as a nice and concise summary in the press-release here 👉 aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2025/10/06/r...
October 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
How can we make scientific events such as #conferences more #inclusive? Read about the study we conducted during #Behaviour2023 as a nice and concise summary in the press-release here 👉 aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2025/10/06/r...
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How should ejaculate ejection behaviour by females be measured? And does it correlate with female pre-mating preference?
Find out in our new paper!
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Find out in our new paper!
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Ejaculate Ejection by Female Fruit Flies Does Not Correlate With Mating Latency or Male Presence, Irrespective of How Ejection Is Measured
How to measure female ejaculate ejection, is it related to pre-mating sexual selection, or influenced by post-mating sexual environment? We explore these questions in fruit flies.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How should ejaculate ejection behaviour by females be measured? And does it correlate with female pre-mating preference?
Find out in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Find out in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Nice to have this article on Grebe diets in Lake Titicaca out as a Nature Note in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #ornithology #natural_history
Nice to have this article on Grebe diets in Lake Titicaca out as a Nature Note in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #ornithology #natural_history
Diets of Three Sympatric Grebe Species in Lake Titicaca Indicate Possible Dietary Niche Partitioning
Lake Titicaca is home to three grebe species whose diets have not been thoroughly studied. In this natural history note, we provide the first description of the diets of these species and how they ov...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Nice to have this article on Grebe diets in Lake Titicaca out as a Nature Note in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #ornithology #natural_history
Nice to have this article on Grebe diets in Lake Titicaca out as a Nature Note in @ecol-evol.bsky.social #ornithology #natural_history
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Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
Experimental Exposure to Noise Affects Hunting Behavior Already From a Young Age in a Nocturnal Acoustic Predator
This study experimentally investigates the effect of traffic noise on the hunting behavior of young and subadult Tawny Owls (Strix aluco). We show that noise lowers the rate of prey detection and inc....
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September 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
@dmdominoni.bsky.social
#owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise
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New manuscript out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social, led by my grad student Anais. We collated data from thousands of recent animal pop-gen studies to test 3 simple hypotheses: does genomic (1) diversity decrease (yes), (2) differentiation increase (yes), both with increased IUCN-endangerment?
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New manuscript out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social, led by my grad student Anais. We collated data from thousands of recent animal pop-gen studies to test 3 simple hypotheses: does genomic (1) diversity decrease (yes), (2) differentiation increase (yes), both with increased IUCN-endangerment?
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An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Two new studies from our site show that
1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
doi.org/10.3897/neob...
2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
doi.org/10.3897/neob...
2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Traits of the Leaf Economics Spectrum Do Not Always Relate to Species Biomass Proportions in Grassland Communities of Varying Diversity
We studied traits of the “leaf economics spectrum” (LES) in 138 experimental grassland communities composed of 20 grassland species, which represented different strategies in spatial resource acquisi...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Two new studies from our site show that
1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
doi.org/10.3897/neob...
2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
🌱🍃
1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
doi.org/10.3897/neob...
2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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