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International Women’s Day 2025: Holly Jones – The Applied Ecologist
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I'm Lead Editor at Ecological…
International Women’s Day: Nathalie Pettorelli – The Applied Ecologist
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I am a conservation biologist…
International Women’s Day 2025: Carolyn Kurle – The Applied Ecologist
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. Dr. Carolyn KurleProfessor, Conservation Biology, University of California San DiegoLead…
International Women’s Day 2025: Cate Macinnis-Ng – The Applied Ecologist
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of the BES community. In each post, they discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate Action’, means to them. What work do you do? I'm Professor in Ecology…
Honeybees interfere with wild bees in apple pollination in China – The Applied Ecologist
In this blog post, Yunhui Liu and team discuss their latest research into the importance of honeybees and wild bees for apple pollination, as well as whether the contribution of wild bees is influenced by increasing numbers of honeybees. Animal pollination is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security. Although there is a growing…
Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine – The Applied Ecologist
Authors of a recently published study discuss how their research discovered that seals exhibit avoidance of turbines during operation. This finding is important for industry developers and regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine reduces the potential for fatal collisions and injuries. The rise of the tidal energy industry Tidal turbine at…
Welcoming our 2025 Associate Editor Mentees! – The Applied Ecologist
Journal of Applied Ecology offers a two-year mentoring opportunity for early career researchers to gain experience of the Associate Editor role. Each mentee works with one of our Senior Editor and also receives on-going support from the Editorial Office. Mentees have a great opportunity to learn more about the peer review process and publishing more widely through handling…
The story behind the research: “Combining detection dogs and camera traps improves cheetah monitoring” – The Applied Ecologist
Tim Hofmann and Stijn Verschueren from the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Otjiwarongo, Namibia investigate how to effectively monitor cheetah populations. Cheetahs are Africa's most endangered big cats, with fewer than 7,100 individuals left in the wild, scattered across less than 9% of their historical range. These estimates are largely based on expert opinions and few…
Solutions and Practical Implications with Ecological Solutions and Evidence – The Applied Ecologist
Ecological Solutions and Evidence publishes articles directly linked to species management, biodiversity, ecosystems, and practical solutions to ecological problems. Each article highlights a problem and is supported by key findings and observations that contribute towards solutions. Last summer, the journal introduced the requirement that all authors must outline a ‘solution’ or ‘practical implication’ at the…
Grizzly bears and wolves avoid busy hiking trails more than previously thought – The Applied Ecologist
Peter Thompson explains how, alongside colleagues, the spatial distribution and interactions of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), grey wolves (Canis lupus), and humans within the central Canadian Rocky Mountains were monitored and assessed in their latest study. Human recreation and wildlife The Bow River Valley in Alberta, Canada is a global hotspot for outdoor recreation, attracting…
Get involved in our Field Diaries series! – The Applied Ecologist
Have you been in the field recently? Share your experiences in our new Field Diaries series! From undergraduate students to long-term academics and practitioners, we are looking for individuals to share their time out in the field with an aim to highlight this often crucial step in the research process. If you are studying or…
Keeping our havened populations fighting fit: Do native predators help Australian mammals face invasive cats and foxes? – The Applied Ecologist
Linking to the recently-published article, Natasha Harrison discusses whether native predators inside ‘predator-free’ havens could be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species. Predator-free havens Since their introduction into the Australian landscape following European settlement, feral cats and red foxes have caused prolific population declines among our native fauna. The extinction of Australian…
Remote sensing: A key to monitoring tropical forest restoration – The Applied Ecologist
Laura Vedovato introduces readers to a range of remote sensing tools, explaining how they can be applied to topical forests to monitor the effectiveness of restoration efforts. Read more in the original Review article. Introduction In recent years, global commitments to forest restoration, like the UN Decade on Restoration and the Global Biodiversity Framework, have…
Revealing the hidden lives of non-breeding Black-tailed Godwits – The Applied Ecologist
In this blog post, Taylor Craft discusses the use of GPS tracking and satellite imagery to uncover the lives of Black-tailed Godwits in the Senegal Delta. You can read their latest study, published alongside co-authors, here. A pressing challenge The landscapes of the endangered continental Black-tailed Godwit face increasing pressures at nearly every key site…
Measuring real-world impact: Journal of Applied Ecology – The Applied Ecologist
Journal of Applied Ecology has been a mission oriented journal since we launched in 1964. Sixty years on, we’re celebrating the impact we’ve had and looking to the future. In our recently published Editorial, we explore what it means to be a journal with real-world impact. Throughout our sixty years, we have been cited 2880…
Science communication: A sticky situation – The Applied Ecologist
As part of Journal of Applied Ecology's efforts to discuss how real-world impact can be achieved following research, we're talking to authors about their studies. In this post, Edward Straw discusses his first experience with sharing research via social media. I think it’s fair to say that my experience publishing my first paper was atypical.…
Lessons from an Australian grazing study – The Applied Ecologist
As part of Journal of Applied Ecology's efforts to discuss how real-world impact can be achieved following research, we're talking to authors about their studies. In this post, David Eldridge shares insights into conducting a large-scale collaborative study which explores the effects of livestock grazing on conservation in eastern Australia. In late 2015 I was…
Collision avoidance: Navigating ships through recovering whale populations – The Applied Ecologist
In this blog post, Emily Hague and team discuss their latest research into the importance of careful consideration of collision-mapping approach and data selection when it comes to predicting high-risk vessel collision areas for whales. For conservationists and those that care about nature and our planet, the news can feel incredibly bleak, with daily (deservedly)…
Evaluating songbird vulnerability to offshore wind turbine mortality – The Applied Ecologist
Leon Green-Tkacenko and co-authors share insight into their recent study that explores how existing vulnerability indices for seabirds can be applied to migrating songbirds, and potentially other migrating birds, in evaluating vulnerability to offshore wind turbine morality. What is the problem? Climate change is the most pressing threat to biodiversity in the 21st century andaddressing…
Spearfishing-fish behavioural interactions as predator-prey systems to envision better management – The Applied Ecologist
Author Valerio Sbragaglia and his colleagues guide us through a recent study which advances the understanding of spearfisher-fish behavioural interaction by integrating ecological indicators (i.e., flight and post flight behaviour of fish) with spearfishers’ likelihood to catch a fish. Through modelling and simulating scenarios, their study sheds light on management implications in exploited fish populations.…
Black History Month 2024: Lekeah Durden – The Applied Ecologist
For Black History Month 2024, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Lekeah Durden shares her story and journey in academia. Contact: Affiliation: University of Georgia-Athens, USA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lekeahdurden Ecological Interests Community Ecology Symbiosis Evolution How did you get…
Tracking koalas – how airborne DNA can help us – The Applied Ecologist
In this blog post, Nicola Jackson shares the findings from their latest study looking at how sampling air particles to detect DNA can be useful in monitoring and conserving koalas. Perched high up in a Eucalyptus tree, swaying from side to side, lies a sleepy koala unaware of the means spent each year trying to…
Restoring Landscapes: a community effort to restore the Solent’s seagrass – The Applied Ecologist
In the ‘Restoring Landscapes’ blog series, we are promoting knowledge exchange from restoration projects around the world. As part of Solent Seascape Project, the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Project Seagrass are partnering to restore a combined total of seven hectares of seagrass beds. Seagrass meadows are internationally important habitats, serving as…
Tree species richness suppresses red imported fire ant invasion in a subtropical plantation forest – The Applied Ecologist
Chengjin Chu and co-authors discuss their latest research which presents a cross-trophic interaction study between the red imported fire ant and plants. The red imported fire ant (RIFA) is one of the most invasive insects in the world. Many pest management methods have been used to control the spread and damage of RIFA, like quarantine…
Beneath the Waves: Estimating Marine Bird Abundances Outside the Breeding Season – The Applied Ecologist
Ruth Dunn shares insights on her latest study where, alongside her colleagues, she investigated the number of marine birds, outside of their breeding seasons, that may be undetectable when underwater during at-sea surveys. Investing in renewable energy developments, as opposed to burning fossil fuels, has been hailed as a route through which humans might be…
From the Caribbean to the World: Reclaiming My Path as a Black Marine Ecologist – The Applied Ecologist
For Black History Month 2024, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Lionel Yamb shares his story. Ecological interests: Conservation Biology Marine Ecology Population dynamics Links: https://x.com/lionelyamb https://www.linkedin.com/in/lionel-yamb-b66024103/ https://www.facebook.com/lionel.yamb?locale=fr_FR https://www.instagram.com/lionelyamb/ How did you get into ecology? My journey into…
Gulls as evil and allies to detect antibiotic resistance in agricultural environments – The Applied Ecologist
Víctor Martín and Joan Navarro talk us through how gulls tagged with GPS and tested for pathogens can be used as tools to detect early pathogen circulation and pollution sources in the environment. This is explored further in their new research article. Antimicrobial resistance is a global health challenge, exacerbated by the overuse of antibiotics in…
Ecological Associations of Lantana camara in an East African Savanna Park – The Applied Ecologist
Fredrick Ssali, Robert Baluku, Gilbert Drileyo and Moses Muhumuza recount their experience investigating the invasive flowering plant Lantana camara and its impact on common native species in western Uganda. Researchers at the Uganda Wildlife Research and Training Institute (UWRTI) teamed up with scientists from two Ugandan Universities and explored associations between Lantana camara and common…
Restoring Landscapes: measuring six years of progress – The Applied Ecologist
As part of the ‘Restoring Landscapes’ blog series, Iona Haines shares the launch of a new tool that provides an invaluable resource for anyone interested in restoration, including practitioners, donors and policymakers, and explores why data and transparency are so critical to restoration. The Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme has released in-depth monitoring data from…
Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps: African mammal life-history traits and their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes – The Applied Ecologist
Alice Bernard and co-authors describe how they have jointly used local ecological knowledge and camera trap data. With hindsight, they discuss how involving local people in research projects can enhance conservation efforts in the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve (GRBR), South Africa. The Garden Route National Park (GRNP), in the eponym Biosphere Reserve, is one of…
Early Career Researcher Reviewer Prize: Journal of Applied Ecology – The Applied Ecologist
As part of our celebration of Peer Review Week 2024, Journal of Applied Ecology is reflecting on the launch of the Early Career Researcher Reviewer Prize. How did the idea come about? The act of peer review (academic work being evaluated by others in the same field) is crucial to the research process. It is…
ECR Journeys: remote sensing in forest restoration – The Applied Ecologist
This month, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the voice of early career ecologists from around the world working in the field of applied ecology to help inspire the next generation. In this post, Fellice Catelo, a PhD student at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia shares her story. My background I’m pretty easy and…
Naturschutzgebiete mit einem hohen Anteil an Grünland sichern einen hohen Artenreichtum und eine hohe Biomasse von Heuschrecken – The Applied Ecologist
Dieser Beitrag ist hier auch auf Englisch verfügbar. Dominik Poniatowski und Kollegen beschreiben, wie sie die Umweltfaktoren des Artenreichtums und der Biomasse von Heuschrecken im Grünland bewertet und dabei zwischen Naturschutzgebieten und intensiv genutzter Agrarlandschaft verglichen haben. Das extensiv genutzte Grünland gilt als Hotspot der Biodiversität in Mitteleuropa. Allerdings wurde insbesondere seit Mitte des letzten…
Grassland nature reserves safeguard a high species richness and biomass of grasshoppers – The Applied Ecologist
This blog post is also available in German here. Dominik Poniatowski and colleagues describe how they evaluated the environmental drivers of species richness and biomass of grasshoppers in grasslands, comparing this between nature reserves and intensively-used agriculture landscape. Grassland exhibiting low land-use intensity is considered a hotspot of biodiversity in Central Europe. However, particularly since…
Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Walter Wehrmeyer – The Applied Ecologist
In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this final post of the series, we share below Walter's speech as he transitioned to…
Elephant expressways: Examining multi-scalar elephant connectivity in KAZA – The Applied Ecologist
Callie Cho and Robin Naidoo talk us through how, using observed animal movements rather than conventional resistance surface models, a connectivity conservation blueprint for African elephants in the Kavango-Zambezi transfrontier conservation area (KAZA) in southern Africa was produced. This is explored further in the new research article. A key aspect of effective conservation management is…
Centre for Environment and Sustainability: Meet Ana Andries – The Applied Ecologist
In this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation.In this post, Ana talks about the Space4Nature Research project. Meet Ana Andries I am currently a…
Using management interventions to help at-risk butterflies in a changing climate – The Applied Ecologist
Author Cheryl Schultz talks us through a new study which highlights the importance of active management interventions in helping to buffer effects of climate change, and helping to improve population trends for at-risk butterflies. Where did the idea come from? With extensive coverage in academic and popular publications, the widespread decline of butterflies is well-known.…
ECR Journeys: Coding for forest conservation – The Applied Ecologist
This month, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the voice of early career ecologists from around the world working in the field of applied ecology to help inspire the next generation. In this post, Abby Williams shares her story. My background I love spending as much time outdoors as I possibly can, whether that’s hiking, wild…
Associate Editor Mentoring: 2025 applications now open! – The Applied Ecologist
Are you looking to learn more about the peer review process through hands-on experience? Are you less than five years post-PhD and live in/are from the Global South? Why not consider applying for Journal of Applied Ecology's 2025 mentoring scheme! What is the mentoring scheme? Since 2015, Journal of Applied Ecology has welcomed a small group of…