Ecology Podcast

Professor J. Philip Grime is one of the UK’s most influential, and controversial, plant ecologists. Phil is a Fellow of The Royal Society, and also a member of the Dutch Royal Society, and has received numerous awards including The Marsh Award, Honorary membership of the BES and ESA, and the Alexander von Humboldt Award. In recognition of his many achievements we have collected together 15 of his...

Music credit: -Artist: Josh Woodward http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/ -Song: Once Tomorrow (Instrumental Version) http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Breadcrumbs/JoshWoodward-Breadcrumbs-NoVox-09-OnceTomorrow

At INTECOL 2013, Methods’ Associate Editor, Barb Anderson, asked a number of delegates what the newest methods are that they currently use. Visit the Methods blog to find out who gave the answers: http://bit.ly/JlMGm2

Methods' Senior Editor, Bob O'Hara, gives a quick overview of the Methods blog: http://methodsblog.wordpress.com/

Methods' Senior Editor, Bob O'Hara, gives a quick overview of the journal. www.methodsinecologyandevolution.org/

At INTECOL 2013, Methods’ Associate Editor, Barb Anderson, asked a number of delegates what the oldest method is that they still use today. Visit the Methods blog to find out who gave the answers: http://methodsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/podcast-what-are-the-oldest-methods-still-being-used/

Read "Linking abundances of the dung fungus Sporormiella to the density of bison: implications for assessing grazing by megaherbivores in palaeorecords" by Gill et al. via http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12130/abstract Music credit: Artist: Monk Turner and Fascinoma http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monk_Turner__Fascinoma/ Song: "Instrumental Version" http://freemusicarchive.o...

Music credit: Artist: Monk Turner and Fascinoma http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monk_Turner__Fascinoma/ Song: "Instrumental Version" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monk_Turner__Fascinoma/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest/Its_Your_Birthday_Instrumental

JAE symposium - Patterns of disease invasion in reintroduced species (Pete Hudson) by Ecology Podcast

Journal of Ecology INTECOL Symposium - Lisa Donovan by Ecology Podcast

Liesje Mommer talks about using molecular techniques to look at below-ground plant competition and facilitation as the keynote speech for our Mechanisms of Plant Competition symposia.

At the INTECOL congress held in London in August 2013, Journal of Applied Ecology sponsored a symposium "Putting applied ecology into practice: knowledge and needs for the 21st century" organised by Phil Hulme and E.J. Milner-Gulland. The keynote talk was given by Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy

How best can international journals support applied ecologists in emerging economies Workshop held at INTECOL congress in London, 20th August 2013 organised by E.J. Milner-Gulland and Jos Barlow, sponsored by Journal of Applied Ecology As the world’s emerging economies (including Brazil, China, India and Russia) continue to develop, there is increasing concern about the likely ecological cost, bot...

Music credit: + Artist: Twenty-One: Twenty-Four http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Twenty-One_Twenty-Four/ + Song: Five Cinco (Instrumental) http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Twenty-One_Twenty-Four/Spanglish_XE/06_-_Five_Cinco_Instrumental

Read "Climatic stress mediates the impacts of herbivory on plant population structure and components of individual fitness" by Louthan et al. via http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12090/abstract. Music credit: "Silence in Sunshine (Feel The Heat Remix)" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Scallions/Wrecked_by_mGee/06_-_Silence_in_Sunshine_Feel_The_Heat_Remix_Instrumental by Th...

As part of our new Mechanisms of Plant Competition Special Feature, Susan Schwinning talks to Alan Knapp about plant competition in water-limited environments. Water is the primary factor limiting the growth and productivity of land plants, and fluctuations in plant-available water are ubiquitous in most terrestrial environments, due to variable and unpredictable rainfall. Evolution has produced n...

Ken Thompson, senior editor for Functional Ecology, discusses Simon Pierce's new paper, "Implications for biodiversity conservation of the lack of consensus regarding the humped-back model of species richness and biomass production" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12147/abstract

Music credit: -Song "Silence in Sunshine (Feel The Heat Remix)" http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Scallions/Wrecked_by_mGee/06_-_Silence_in_Sunshine_Feel_The_Heat_Remix_Instrumental -Artist The Scallions http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Scallions/

Music credit: -Artist: Gillicudy (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/) -Song: Jupiter the Blue (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/gillicuddy/Plays_Guitar/01-jupiter-the-blue)

In this podcast, David Hawke from the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, discusses his recently published paper "Closing the circle: how ecologists can prepare their own quality control material to increase confidence in stable isotope data". Read the article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12087/abstract

Music credit: "The Old Country" by Plusplus (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Plusplus/Game_Over/07_Plusplus_-_The_Old_Country)

Robbie Wilson interviews David Jachowski on his work "Unravelling complex associations between physiological state and movement in African elephants." Understanding animal movements involves a complex association of factors. In addition to anatomical constraints and factors like the surrounding environment, more cryptic factors can play a role-- such as an animal's internal, physiological state, o...

Journal Editor Marc Cadotte interviews Jeremy James from University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources on his paper "A systems approach to resoring degraded drylands". Selected as Editor's Choice for issue 50:3. Read the paper here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12090/abstract The Editor's Choice article here: http://www.journalofappliedecology.org/v...

Music credit: "The Old Country" by Plusplus (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Plusplus/Game_Over/07_Plusplus_-_The_Old_Country)

JEC: Senescence Special Feature by Ecology Podcast