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New Subject Editor: Gretta Pecl

I am a marine ecologist ‘generalist’ with broad interdisciplinary research interests, and a background working on population dynamics, fisheries biology, and movement and migration of commercial species. Building on this broad background, I now focus on species and...

Global patterns in the effects of predator declines on sea urchins

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27 September 2017
The venomous long-spined sea urchin, Diadema setosum, gathers together on a coral reef to spawn.

By Hannah Sheppard Brennand

Biologists have long been fascinated by the differences between tropical and temperate regions on...

Importance of migratory habitats

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7 September 2017
Northern pintail males and females.

By Ruscena Wiederholt and Brady Mattsson

Conserving or managing migratory species is notoriously challenging since their seasonal movements can cross international borders and continents – even...

If the apple doesn't fall far from the tree: Dispersal limitation and climatic niche conservatism shape dragonfly assemblages across Europe

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4 September 2017
Adaptations to habitats with low temporal and spatial stability (such as the depicted area in the Scottish Highlands, where air temperatures can drop below minus 10°C until Summer) allowed lentic dragonfly species to recolonize areas north of the 0°C isotherm at the Last...

Fish memories could help predict future occurrence patterns

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29 August 2017

 

By Jed Macdonald, Kai Logemann, Elias Krainski, Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, Colin Beale, Geir Huse, Solfrid Hjøllo, Guðrún Marteinsdóttir

 

The phenomena of schooling, shoaling, flocking, and swarming has intrigued ecologists for...

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