Ecology Podcast

Ecology Podcast
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Discover pioneering research for better understanding and better decisions.

  1. Aug 19

    Which red sea fish will invade the Mediterranean sea next? | The story behind the paper

    For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Shahar Chaikin, author of "Native habitat affinities predict fish invasions with post-invasion habitat shifts". We discussed the story behind the paper and his experience as an ecologist. Read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70293 Read Shahar's blog post here: https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2026/07/06/who-is-next-in-line-predicting-which-red-sea-fish-will-invade-the-mediterranean-sea/ Watch the video teaser here: https://youtu.be/_OI8w4ZsDDs

    Which red sea fish will invade the Mediterranean sea next? | The story behind the paper

  2. Aug 11

    Plastic social buffering of environmental variation | Special Feature for Journal of Animal Ecology

    For today's episode, Ivy spoke with Dr David Fisher about his recently published Special Feature titled "Flexible friends: Plastic social buffering of environmental variation", co-edited by Natalie Pilakouta. The Special Feature aimed to explore how organisms plasticly alter their social behaviour in response to environmental variation, how these changes affect fitness, and whether plasticity in social behaviour allows populations to cope with current human-induced rapid environmental change. Read the full Special Feature here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2656.flexible-friends

    Plastic social buffering of environmental variation | Special Feature for Journal of Animal Ecology

  3. Jul 23

    Spots or stripes? Identifying animals based on their patterns | The story behind the paper

    In this episode, we speak to András Zábó and Aamir Ahmad, about their paper 'RAPID: Real-time animal pattern re-identification on edge devices, an open-source tool for field deployment'. We discuss the development of the tool, some of the challenges faced during development, and the intersection of ecology and technology. Read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.70332 Blog post: https://methodsblog.com/2026/06/22/rapid-re-identification-of-patterned-animals/

    Spots or stripes? Identifying animals based on their patterns | The story behind the paper

  4. Jul 10

    Lessening human-wildlife conflict | The story behind the paper

    In today's episode, Anna is joined by Douglas Sheil and Emmanuel Akampurira, authors of a recently published paper in People and Nature, "Supporting interventions to lessen human-wildlife conflict". Douglas and Emmanuel discuss their route into ecology, the reasons for their research, their findings, and how their discoveries can support and inform the research area moving forward. Read their full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70314

    Lessening human-wildlife conflict | The story behind the paper

  5. Jun 30

    Does geography affect life history? A case study in Storks | The story behind the paper

    In this episode we talk to Matia Muller about his recently published paper 'Assessment of large-scale spatial variation in age-specific survival and age at first breeding in a long-lived species', which was published in Journal of Animal Eology. We discuss the main findings of the paper, the importance of the results, and life as an ecologist. Read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.70291?campaign=wolearlyview

    Does geography affect life history? A case study in Storks | The story behind the paper

  6. Jun 22

    What a changing Arctic means for little auks | The story behind the paper

    For today's episode, Ivy is joined by Martyna Syposz, author of "Snowmelt predicts earlier breeding across the latitudinal range of an Arctic nesting seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle)". We discussed the story behind the paper and her experience as an ecologist. Read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.70287 Read Martyna's blog post here: https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2026/06/19/arm-deep-in-arctic-rocks-what-a-changing-arctic-means-for-little-auks/

    What a changing Arctic means for little auks | The story behind the paper

  7. Jun 3

    Forwarding forest restoration | The Story Behind the Paper

    For today's episode, Anna is joined by Mariana Hernandez-Montilla and Katie Devenish, authors of a recently published paper in People and Nature, "Forwarding forest restoration: Seven key socio-ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux". Katie and Mariana discuss their route into ecology, the reasons for their research, their findings, and how their discoveries can support and inform the research area moving forward. Read their full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70254

    Forwarding forest restoration | The Story Behind the Paper

  8. Jun 2

    Are goldfish damaging ecosystems? | The story behind the paper

    For this episode, Edie Abrahams (Associate Blog Editor, Animal Ecology in Focus) spoke with William Hintz about his recently published paper, "invasive goldfish trigger a regime shift in experimental lake ecosystems of varying trophic state", published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. You can read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70259

    Are goldfish damaging ecosystems? | The story behind the paper
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    Ecology Podcast
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    2012 - 2026
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