BES Annual Meeting 2024: More than just a conference

Ardiantiono, Associate Editor mentee of Journal of Applied Ecology, writes about his experience attending the British Ecological Society’s 2024 Annual Meeting for the first time. Registration for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Edinburgh is now open. Liverpool has long been on my travel wish list. Especially as I initially wanted to visit for Eurovision 2023, but tickets were impossible to get! Fast forward to December … Continue reading BES Annual Meeting 2024: More than just a conference

Meet the Associate Editor: Javier Lopatin

In this latest installation of Journal of Applied Ecology’s Meet the Editor series, we’re joined by Associate Editor mentee Javier Lopatin. What are you currently working on and why is it important? I’m working on two main macro topics: advancing deep learning tools for ecological analysis and understanding land-atmosphere feedbacks at the local scale and their relationship to functional diversity in the Chilean Andes. For the … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Javier Lopatin

Meet the Associate Editor: Priscila Powell

In this latest installation of Journal of Applied Ecology’s Meet the Editor series, we’re joined by Associate Editor mentee Priscila Powell. 1. What are you currently working on and why is it important? I am working as a researcher at CONICET (Argentina’s main public research institution), studying the ecology of invasive alien species and co-developing management actions to tackle the negative impacts of invasions in native … Continue reading Meet the Associate Editor: Priscila Powell

My immersive experience at the BES Annual Meeting as an applied ecologist

Karen Castillioni is an Associate Editor mentee for Journal of Applied Ecology. She is also a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Minnesota, USA. She is passionate about understanding the complex relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the context of global change. In this blog post, she shares her experience of the 2023 BES Annual Meeting. The British Ecological Society (BES) Annual Meeting this … Continue reading My immersive experience at the BES Annual Meeting as an applied ecologist

Fieldwork Insights: Himalayan hill streams and data loggers

Aashna Sharma, Associate Editor mentee for Journal of Applied Ecology, recently embarked on a fieldtrip to the Himalayas. In this stand-alone blog post, she details hers and research colleagues’ full experience, told alongside videos and photographs from the field. Introduction Fieldwork is inherent for wildlife researchers, a daily delight! Working in immaculate landscapes such as the Himalaya comes as a blessing and research stipends become … Continue reading Fieldwork Insights: Himalayan hill streams and data loggers

Welcome to our new mentees 2020

We’re pleased to welcome nine new Associate Editor Mentees to the Journal of Applied Ecology Editorial Board. Get to know the newest members of our journal team. Maxime Damien, Manitoba University, Canada Maxime researches plant-insect interactions, from individual insect life history to community ecology, in a way that looks at how plants influence several aspects of arthropod biology, including evolutional trajectories, population dynamics and community … Continue reading Welcome to our new mentees 2020