Welcoming our 2023 Associate Editor Mentees!

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 five Senior Editors, who act as a mentor, as well as 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 submissions … Continue reading Welcoming our 2023 Associate Editor Mentees!

Journal of Applied EcologyMay 25, 2023May 23, 20232 Comments

Careers, Human-wildlife interactions, Journal news, Pathogens and disease, Practitioners, The Applied Ecologist community

Southwood Prize 2022: Winner announced for early career researcher award

Journal of Applied Ecology is pleased to announce Paula Prist as the winner of the 2022 Southwood Prize! The award is given to the best article in the journal by an author at the start of their career and was picked from a shortlist of 12 articles. Winner: Paula Prist Research: Roads and forest edges facilitate yellow fever virus dispersion About the research Much has … Continue reading Southwood Prize 2022: Winner announced for early career researcher award

Journal of Applied EcologyApril 28, 20231 Comment

Careers, Invasive species, Journal news, Practitioners, The Applied Ecologist community, Urban ecosystems

Georgina Mace Prize 2022: Winner announced for early career researcher award

We’re excited to announce Luke Potgieter as the winner of the 2022 Georgina Mace Prize, celebrating the best article in the journal by an author at the start of their career. Winner: Luke Potgieter Research: Prioritizing sites for terrestrial invasive alien plant management in urban ecosystems About the research Rapid urbanization is placing increased pressure on natural, restored and designed ecosystems to provide services to … Continue reading Georgina Mace Prize 2022: Winner announced for early career researcher award

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Journal news, The Applied Ecologist community, Themed collections

2022 Spotlight Virtual Issue

We’re thrilled to announce that our 2022 Spotlight Virtual Issue is now available to read! Starting in 2021, the Journal of Applied Ecology Senior Editors select a collection of articles from the previous publication volume to showcase important new research from the Global South. These articles are free to read for the year so that they can be accessed by all ecologists, regardless of their … Continue reading 2022 Spotlight Virtual Issue

Journal of Applied EcologyApril 6, 2023April 6, 20232 Comments

Journal news, Plant and soil ecology, Themed collections

Call for proposals! The influence of beneficial fungi on plant-enemy interactions & plant community structure

Ecologists have mused over the mechanisms that structure plant communities for centuries. One such mechanism is negative density dependence, which has been proposed as a an important promoter of tree species diversity across plant communities. However, most negative density-dependence studies to date have focused on the roles played by insects and fungal pathogens. Less attention has been put on the potential for mutualistic fungi to… Continue reading Call for proposals! The influence of beneficial fungi on plant-enemy interactions & plant community structure

Journal of Applied EcologyMarch 31, 2023March 31, 20232 Comments

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Southwood Prize 2022: Shortlist announced for early career researcher award

Every year Journal of Applied Ecology awards the Southwood Prize to the best paper in the journal by an author at the start of their research career. With entries spanning the 59th volume of the journal, our Senior Editors carefully shortlisted the following 12 papers. Chongzhe Zhang with ‘Leveraging functional traits of cover crops to coordinate crop productivity and soil health’ Elizabeth Koziol with ‘Manipulating plant microbiomes … Continue reading Southwood Prize 2022: Shortlist announced for early career researcher award

Journal of Applied EcologyMarch 20, 202316 Comments

Careers, Journal news, The Applied Ecologist community

Georgina Mace Prize 2022: Shortlist announced for early career researcher award

Each year, Ecological Solutions and Evidence awards the Georgina Mace Prize to the best research article published by an early career author. Today, we present the shortlisted articles for this year’s award based on the previous volume of the journal. This is the third year we’ll be awarding the prize in honour of Professor Dame Georgina Mace, a pioneer in conservation science and policy who was … Continue reading Georgina Mace Prize 2022: Shortlist announced for early career researcher award

AER | ESEMarch 20, 2023March 20, 20236 Comments

Journal news, Monitoring and methods, Practitioners, Themed collections

Call for proposals: Innovation in Practice

The British Ecological Society journals Ecological Solutions and Evidence and Methods in Ecology and Evolution are seeking proposals for its new cross-journal Special Feature: “Innovation in Practice“. Applied ecological management relies in part on the application of technology to help mitigate anthropogenic impacts and facilitate the recovery of populations and ecosystems. In the past few decades, new and advanced technology has been applied to solve … Continue reading Call for proposals: Innovation in Practice

AER | ESEFebruary 6, 2023February 6, 20232 Comments

Careers, Journal news

Interested in becoming a BES Associate Editor?

The seven British Ecological Society journals are currently?looking for ecologists and practitioners to join their editorial boards! See here for more information and how to apply (deadline: 28th February 2023). Read on for details about the role and insights from some of our current Associate Editors: 🔎 THE ROLE Being an Associate Editor (AE) involves making initial assessments on the suitability of manuscripts, securing appropriate… Continue reading Interested in becoming a BES Associate Editor?

The Applied EcologistFebruary 2, 2023August 31, 20232 Comments

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Meet our new Blog Associate Editor: Catherine Waite

We are delighted to announce two new Blog Associate Editors who have joined The Applied Ecologist team! Valentine introduced herself earlier this month so in this post, find out more our other new recruit – Catherine Waite. Hi everyone, I’m Catherine, one of the new Associate Editors for The Applied Ecologist. It’s great to be writing this first post to introduce myself! I am originally … Continue reading Meet our new Blog Associate Editor: Catherine Waite