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In this study, authors show how camera-traps can be used to infer patterns of both activity and habitat use by deconfounding these effects 📸🌍🧪

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We're still looking for proposals to our new special feature 🔎

Deadline for proposals is the 1st may, with papers expected to be submitted by the end October 2026!

MEE live! estar: An R package to measure ecological stability The {estar} package implements a standardized toolkit for calculating a wide range of ecological stability metrics from time-series and community data, enabling researchers to quantify how…

Watch the recording of our latest MEE live! 📺️

In this webinar, Dr. Ludmilla Figueiredo and Dr. Viktoriia Radchuk introduced the R package estar.

Keep an eye out for our next MEE live! 🌟

A comparison between the information extracted from species-based events and acoustic indices, and whether they are able to address common approaches that lead to ecological insights on biodiversity research.

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Are acoustic indices useful for biodiversity research? Read this recent persepctive article on the topic here👇

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In this study, authors propose DeepMaxent, a new species distribution models method for presence-only data that generalizes Maxent to multi-species deep neural networks with a direct relationship to a Poisson count loss 🌍 🧪 Read here 👇

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We present an analytical framework for ecosystem service (ES) upscaling that incorporates spatial interactions between landscape properties, which determine ES supply 🌍 🧪 Find out more here 👇

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Check out our new perspective article 👉 A suitable approach to resource allocation in biosecurity when considering dependent benefits and costs

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3D laser scanning is a cornerstone of modern forest and ecological research. Here, authors propose a new noise compression method designed to better distinguish noise from information-bearing points within MLS-point clouds 🌍 🧪 🌳

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This is the first study to explore automated fish abundance counting in a DOV setup. In this proof of concept, authors proposed three automated fish counting methods that used detections derived from a deep learning model as an input 🐟️

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New blog post!🚨

The BIEN working group give the story behind their new paper "BIEN: A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data"🪴🌍 🧪

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Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction

This paper offers a scalable, cost-effective tool for identifying species interactions, biomonitoring and constructing trophic networks🌍🐐

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🗻 we're accepting proposals for a new Special Feature, "Mountain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene", which will also be included in @funecology.bsky.social and @journalofecology.bsky.social
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New blog post! 🚨

In the blog, @diandraduengen.bsky.social talks about her experience at the International Bioacoustics Society conference 2026 🔊

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Our April issue is out now! 🌍 🧪

This month's cover image shows a southern rock agama lizard basking on top of a rock outcrop in the Western Cape Province of South Africa 🦎

Find out more about the cover and read the whole issue here 👇
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We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature!

We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱

⏰Submit by 30th April

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Introducing TropiCam‐AI: A taxonomically flexible automated classifier of Neotropical arboreal mammals and birds from camera‐trap data Rapid, accurate assessment of arboreal vertebrates in tropical forests remains a bottleneck for large-scale biodiversity monitoring, due to the challenges and effort associated with traditional su...

Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. We contributed with Reconyx(R) images taken in the canopy of nutmeg Virola trees in French Guiana. We've been very happy to share them with @andrewzampetti.bsky.social - @tropicalecology.bsky.social @mecadev.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/2041...

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Avoiding misleading estimates of among-individual variance caused by non-random sampling of individuals in a changeable environment🌍 🌿

This study shows the importance of limiting the variance among individuals in the timing structure of sampling 👇️

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We're looking for proposals for our recent special feature! 🌍 🧪

Contributions will explore empirical evidence, methodological challenges, and statistical frameworks for detecting and interpreting rate variation over time 🕰️

⏰️1st May deadline!

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A remotely operated blood sampling and sedative administration device in freely moving pinnipeds🦭

A remotely operated device for use was designed and successfully developed for the collection of blood samples and the administration of sedatives🖥️ 🌍

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ALTAA: Analysis of long-term activity patterns in ant colonies

ALTAA provides a powerful toolkit to quantify and interpret spatial and temporal collective activity patterns in (social) insects over extended periods🌱 🐜

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Prompting large language models for quality ecological statistics 🖥️

This perspective addresses the need for effective prompting guidelines to ensure consistent and appropriate advice on statistical analyses when using LLMs🌍

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🏅 Shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May prize! 🏅

Our last shortlisted author! @drpeterdietrich.bsky.social talks about his paper introducing a fast, non-destructive, and easy-to-use method for three-dimensional (3D) scanning of vegetation using a standard smartphone 🪴📱

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e3SIM provides a powerful tool for simulating infectious disease dynamics through
the explicit integration of epi-eco-evo processes, enhancing realism and predictive accuracy in genomic epidemiology 🌍 🧬 🧪

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🏅 Shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May prize! 🏅

In this blog post, @austinmaia.bsky.social talks about her new paper presenting a computational framework for characterizing and comparing tonal vocal repertoires of toothed whales 🐳

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🏅 Shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May prize! 🏅

Xiaotian Zheng talks about his new paper, which addresses a key source of uncertainty that arises from downscaling of regional climate data from coarse to fine resolution 🌡️ 🌍 🧪

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Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

Out now in Methods in Ecology and Evolution: Accounting for spatial interactions in the upscaling of ecosystem services. Led by Lari Boesing. A how to guide to upscaling ES, particularly those driven by the movement of matter and mobile organisms besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Robin Boyd: Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data Throughout March, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in E…

🏅 Shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May prize! 🏅

In his blog post, @robboyd.bsky.social talks about his paper 'Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data' 🌍 🧪 Read the blog and find the full article 👇

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Nina Schiettekatte: habtools: An R package to calculate 3D metrics for surfaces and objects Throughout March, we are featuring articles shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May Prize. The Robert May Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Methods in E…

🏅 Shortlisted for the 2025 Robert May prize! 🏅

In her paper, Nina Schiettekatte presents the R package habtools, which includes R functions to efficiently calculate complexity and shape metrics from Digital Elevation Models, 3D meshes, and 2D shapes 🌍 🧪

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