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Population Ecology
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Official English journal of The Society of Population Ecology and The Ecological Society of Japan, covers various aspects of population ecology, from the individual to the community level.
🌐https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1438390x
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occumb: An R package for site occupancy modeling of eDNA metabarcoding data

Keiichi Fukaya*, Yuta Hasebe
doi.org/10.1002/1438...

*recipient of 13th Population Ecology Young Scientist Award🏆

amplicon sequencing/ Bayesian inference/ hierarchical modeling
This study introduces a new R package, occumb, for the convenient application of site occupancy modeling using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding data. We outline a data analysis workflow, including data setup, model fitting, model assessment, and comparison of potential study settings based on model predictions, all of which can be performed using the package. An example application targeting aquatic insects highlights the effectiveness of using biological replicates to minimize false-negative results in species detection.
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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#OpenAccess
Combining transient dynamics and logistic-asymptotic growth to study the recovery of two seabird populations after rat eradication

Merlène Saunier et al
doi.org/10.1002/1438...

density-dependent/ population dynamics/ recovery/ tropical seabirds/ #ornithology
This study examines the demographic dynamics of two seabird populations on Tromelin Island, 15 years after the eradication of brown rats. The results indicate that these populations are in good health and are expected to continue growing until breeding sites are saturated in about a century. The analysis of transient dynamics, which occur after environmental disturbances, helped to better understand the discrepancies between observed field growth and theoretical estimates based on population models, revealing disruptions in age structure likely due to past rat predation.
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Climate and en route thermals affect long-term population dynamics of soaring birds

Ryo Ogawa, Guiming Wang et al
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MAIAAX...

climate change/ integrated population model/ Pacific Decadal Oscillation/ stage-specific survival
#ornithology #migration
August 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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個体群生態学会の推薦により、
山口諒氏が
✨令和7年度 科学技術分野の
文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞✨
を受賞されました

山口 諒（北海道大学）
「生物多様性の進化的起源 に関する理論研究」

おめでとうございます！👏
mext.go.jp/b_menu/houdo...
April 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Assessing population dynamics and environmental influences of Balearic green #toad in the Balearic Islands

Nil Lassnig et al
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/PXCSD9...

Bufotes balearicus/ inter-annual survival/ spatial ecology/ amphibian/ conservation
April 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Drivers of life history variation in a paedomorphic mole salamander

Jessica L. Sandoval, Thomas L. Anderson
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/3TAZZ5...

Ambystoma/ facultative paedomorphosis/ overwintering/ phenotypic variation
February 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Preface for the special feature on “Ecological perspectives of pedigree reconstruction with genome-wide data”

Tetsuya Akita, Jinliang Wang
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/XDUXU9...
February 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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A comprehensive assessment of Liatris helleri demography: Insights from 16 years of observations and modeling

Pedro F Quintana-Ascencio, Eric S Menges, Chris Ulrey
esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/Q4XXGK...

augmentation/ browsing/ fire/ management/ poaching/ population viability
January 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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We were delighted to welcome Dr. William Sutherland (@billsutherland.bsky.social) back to Ecological Society of Japan booth at #BES2024.

Congrats to him on winning the 2024 (31st) International Cosmos Prize! 👏
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From left to right: Keita Nishizawa, William Sutherland, Hiroyuki Yokomizo.
December 14, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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Thank you to everyone who visited our booth at #BES2024! It was a fantastic conference. We look forward to connecting with you again soon.
Please follow us for updates until then.

From left to right: Hiroyuki Yokomizo, incoming EiC of Population Ecology, Nobuo Imai and Keita Nishizawa
December 13, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Had a great day at #BES2024!

Stop by table T3 to chat with us about your research, publishing, and grab some cool giveaways✨
December 12, 2024 at 10:40 PM