British Ecological Society Journals

or this episode, JAE Multimedia Editor Ravi interviewed Ben Dantzer about his integrative approach to research, fieldwork stories, Squirrels, Meerkats, and Bear encounters.

Journal of Ecology Executive Editor David Gibson interviews Associate Editor Frida Piper at ESA 2017, Portland, Oregon, USA

Journal of Ecology Executive Editor David Gibson interviews Catherine Brophy at ESA 2017, Portland, Oregon, USA.

or the third episode, JAE Multimedia Editor Ravi interviewed Tim Coulson. Tim discusses his fieldwork adventures of taking the wrong boat to the wrong island, and about integrating modelling and empirical field studies.

This is the fourth of four podcasts from the 2017 Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions. In this podcast, Functional Ecology Associate Editor Alison Bennett from the James Hutton Institute talks to Lucille Chretien, Arjen Biere, Michael Thomas-Poulsen and Einat Zchori-fein about their research, current challenges and the future of plant-microbe-insect interactions.

This is the third of four podcasts from the 2017 Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions. In this podcast, Functional Ecology Associate Editors Sergio Rasmann and Alison Bennett, along with NIOO researcher, Ana Pineda talk about their research, current challenges and the future of plant-microbe-insect interactions.

This is the second of four podcasts from the 2017 Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions. In this podcast, Functional Ecology Associate Editor Alison Bennett from the James Hutton Institute talks to Kay Moisan, David Giron, Enric Frago and Nicole Van Dam about their research, current challenges and the future of plant-microbe-insect interactions.

This is the first of four podcasts from the 2017 Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions. In this podcast, Functional Ecology Associate Editor Alison Bennett from the James Hutton Institute talks to Noah Whiteman, Jean Christophe Simon and Ainhoa Martinez Medina about their research, current challenges and the future of plant-microbe-insect interactions.

Harper Prize 2016 winner Martina Treurnicht interviewed by Rob Salguero-Gómez by British Ecological Society Journals

For the second episode, JAE Multimedia Editor Ravi interviewed Executive Editor Ken Wilson about his work on armyworms, their devastating effects on the crops in Africa, and his fieldwork research about biological control of the pests.

For the first episode, JAE Multimedia Editor Ravi interviewed Nathan Sanders, a former 'professional wrestler’ and an ecologist at the University of Vermont. They talk about his first fieldwork experience, ants, plants, a skunk, why study biodiversity, WARM and SALT projects that he is involved in, advice for students, and many personal stories. Credits: Photographs taken from NateSanders.org, or provided by Nate, Music: Nihilore_Artifice (Freemusicarchive), Sound effects: Zedge.net, Additional footage: Videvo.org

Plant genotypic variation and intraspecific diversity trump soil nutrient availability to shape old‐field structure and function Authors Lara Souza, Katharine L. Stuble, Mark A. Genung, Aimee T. Classen Read the paper in full here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12792/abstract

In this podcast Simon Kärvemo discusses his paper ‘Forest restoration as a double-edged sword: the conflict between biodiversity conservation and pest control’ published in the Journal of Applied Ecology - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12905/full. Sound effects: Recorded by JaBa - http://soundbible.com/1902-Fire-Burning.html Recorded by Daniel Simion - http://soundbible.com/2039-Tree-Fall-Small.html

Georgina Brennan interviews Simon Creer about his Open Access Review paper 'The ecologist's field guide to sequence-based identification of biodiversity'. They discuss the idea that led to the paper, who could benefit from reading it and much more. You can read the full article on the Wiley Online Library here: http://bit.ly/2n9u2VB (No Subscription Required).

An interview with the Senior Editors of the British Ecological Society journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution - Rob Freckleton, Bob O'Hara and Jana Vamosi. They talk about what sets it apart from other journals, their favourite articles, and the kinds of papers that they would like to see more of. If you're thinking about submitting to Methods in Ecology and Evolution, they have some advice as well. Articles Mentioned by the Editors: - Applications articles (http://www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/view/0/applicationpapers.html) - Tea Bag Index: a novel approach to collect uniform decomposition data across ecosystems (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12097/full) - A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2009.00001.x/full) - How safe is mist netting? evaluating the risk of injury and mortality to birds (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00123.x/full) - Personal messages reduc

Duncan irschick Talks to Tiphaine Jeanniard-du-Dot about accelerometers, energy expenditure and Antarctic fur seals Jeanniard-du-Dot, T., Guinet, C., Arnould, J. P.Y., Speakman, J. R. and Trites, A. W. (2016), Accelerometers can measure total and activity-specific energy expenditures in free-ranging marine mammals only if linked to time-activity budgets. Funct Ecol. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.1272

Do more diverse mixtures of plants function more efficiently and take up more carbon? Previous studies have suggested this occurs frequently in grasslands when species are mixed. Other studies have now suggested that the same can be true of genetic mixtures within a species. In this podcast, Dylan G. Fischer talks about the results of the first forest ecosystem-scale experiment designed to test if more diverse mixtures of genetic stock result in more productive forests http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12733/full

Pierre Mariotte interviews Gerlinde De Deyn at EcoSummit2016

Pierre Mariotte interviews Associate Editor Marcel Van der Heijden at EcoSummit2016, Montpellier

Journal of Ecology Blog Editor Pierre Mariotte interviews Senior Editor Richard Bardgett at EcoSummit2016, Montpellier