Thomas Whitney is currently a postdoc at Washington State University, Puyallup. He studies the ecology and evolution of insect species. His recent work in the Journal of Biogeography has sought to understand the extensive dieback in eastern white pines (Pinus strobus) and its association with a scale insect (Matsucoccus macrocicatrices). It has been unclear ifContinue reading “ECR feature: Scale insects with Thomas D. Whitney”
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Biogeography in the Age of Big Data
Journal of Biogeography, 47:1 Special Issue https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652699/2020/47/1 ALL SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLES ARE FREE ACCESS for 2020 & 2021 Between 10-13th April, 2018, the annual meeting of the Specialist Group for Macroecology of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland convened in Zurich, Switzerland around the topic of “Macroecology in the age of big data”. TheContinue reading “Biogeography in the Age of Big Data”
ECR feature: Bird migration behavior with Paul Dufour
Paul Dufour spotting and counting large groups of shorebirds that overwinter and migrate through the bay of Dakhla in the Western Sahara (photo credit: Boris Delahaie). Links: Research Gate | Flickr Institution: Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine – Grenoble, France Current academic life stage: PhD Research interests: Understanding the evolution of migration behavior in birds and itsContinue reading “ECR feature: Bird migration behavior with Paul Dufour”
Cover Images
Your research upfront. Historically, the cover image of journals, including the Journal of Biogeography, was donated by the authors of an article published in that issue and chosen by the editors to highlight research that represented the breadth of the discipline and was of particular note. However, a number of years ago, the Journal ofContinue reading “Cover Images”
Editors’ Choice
Chosen by all. Free for everyone. The Journal of Biogeography has for many years featured an “Editor’s Choice” article in each issue: a contribution considered to represent a particularly interesting facet or matter of broad interest. While the increased profile has been beneficial, one of the downsides of this process has been that the articleContinue reading “Editors’ Choice”
Our Social Media
Increasing the reach of your biogeographical research is a key element of the modern publication process. The Journal of Biogeography established its presence on Twitter (@JBiogeography) about three years ago, during past-Editor-in-Chief Peter Linder’s tenure and rapidly became an important outlet for sharing announcements about new ‘early view’ publications. As of the writing of thisContinue reading “Our Social Media”
Introducing: Journal News
The research being conducted and the media for sharing findings change through time. In the past decade, these changes have been particularly rapid, as the technology available for measuring the world and for publishing papers have each gone through multiple step changes. The journal is adapting to these changes in service of our research community.Continue reading “Introducing: Journal News”
JBI: Scope
With the beginning of 2020, the journal is updating our statement of scope to better reflect the forward-thinking position that the journal has maintained since its inception in 1974. We remain committed to both the foundations and frontiers of biogeography and dedicated to publishing the best across the breadth of biogeographical research, and want theContinue reading “JBI: Scope”
Introducing: Featured Researchers
The Journal of Biogeography aims to support early career researchers by highlighting their recently published journal articles and providing a space where the community can get to know the authors behind the works and learn from their publication experiences. In our featured posts, researchers dive into the motivations, challenges, and highlights behind their recent papers,Continue reading “Introducing: Featured Researchers”
Introducing: Highlighted Papers
Every month, each new issue of the Journal of Biogeography (JBI) includes at least two highlighted articles—the Editors’ Choice and the paper associated with the cover image—and periodically we highlight a topic with a series of papers as part of a special issue. Our intention on the blog is to communicate additional aspects of these,Continue reading “Introducing: Highlighted Papers”