Section Editors
- Michel Baguette, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
- Michael Bonsall, University of Oxford
- Jean Clobert, Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS
- Nick Royle, University of Exeter
- Josef Settele, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
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- Simon Harold, BioMed Central
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Articles
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BMC Ecology 2013, 13:30Parasite oversight in avian ecology?
Yellowhammers infected with the blood parasite Haemoproteus suffer a survival disadvantage and immunological challenge during the overwintering period, highlighting the need to consider the effects of sub-clinical disease in the non-breeding season for vulnerable populations.
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BMC Ecology 2013, 13:26A healthier understanding of honeybees
The Rueppell lab comment on a recent article in BMC Ecology and what it does, doesn’t, but just might, tell us about honeybee health.
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BMC Ecology 2013, 13:25Parasites change honeybee brains
Parasitism of honeybees by both an ecto-parasitic mite and an endo-parasitic fungi cause changes in both the chemical profiles of their ‘skin’ and the genomic profiles of their brains, without affecting social interactions within the hive.
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BMC Ecology 2013, 13:20Worms turn slugs off their food
Herbivory by an invasive slug species is dramatically reduced by both the presence of earthworms and the composition of plant species within experimental communities, highlighting how belowground effects can influence aboveground processes.
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BMC Ecology 2013, 13:19A hidden mechanism of plant signalling?
Chilli seedlings germinate better when grown in the presence of ‘good neighbour’ plants like basil even when all forms of chemical and visual signals are blocked, suggesting that an as-yet unidentified system of communication exists between plants.
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Coping with continuous human disturbance in the wild: insights from penguin heart rate response to various stressors.
Vincent A Viblanc, Andrew D Smith, Benoit Gineste and René Groscolas
BMC Ecology 2012, 12:10
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Section Editor's profile
Nick Royle is senior lecturer in behavioural ecology at the University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn, in Cornwall, UK.
Dr Royle's work focuses on functional and mechanistic approaches to understanding social environmental and early life-history effects on the expression of traits and consequences thereof, especially in the context of parental care. Current model organisms for Dr Royle's work include Nicrophorus burying beetles and various species of bird.
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