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Call for images: BMC Ecology Image Competition 2018

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BMC Ecology now accepts Registered Reports

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| 14 August 2018

A comparison of the larvivorous habits of exotic Poecilia reticulata and native Aplocheilus parvus

Authors: G. K. Achini W. Fernando, Sevvandi Jayakody, W. M. Hiranya K. Wijenayake, Gawrie N. L. Galappaththy, Mangala Yatawara and Jeevanie Harishchandra
Content type: Research article
| 8 August 2018

Life history traits in a capital breeding pine caterpillar: effect of host species and needle age

Authors: Dan Luo, Meng Lai, Chuanfeng Xu, Haoni Shi and Xingping Liu
Content type: Research article
| 2 August 2018

Occurrence of the invasive Spanish slug in gardens: can a citizen science approach help deciphering underlying factors?

Authors: Daniel Dörler, Matthias Kropf, Gregor Laaha and Johann G. Zaller
Content type: Research article
| 13 July 2018

Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

Authors: May Hokan, Elke Zimmermann, Ute Radespiel, Bertrand Andriatsitohaina, Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona and Christina Strube
Content type: Correspondence
| 12 July 2018

Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera, not Coleoptera, is the most speciose animal order

Authors: Andrew A. Forbes, Robin K. Bagley, Marc A. Beer, Alaine C. Hippee and Heather A. Widmayer

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| 15 April 2013

A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities

Authors: Alex Hardisty and Dave Roberts
Content type: Review
| 24 November 2011

Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Authors: Raf Aerts and Olivier Honnay
Content type: Research article
| 9 May 2011

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

Authors: David P Hughes, Sandra B Andersen, Nigel L Hywel-Jones, Winanda Himaman, Johan Billen and Jacobus J Boomsma
Content type: Editorial
| 29 August 2014

BMC Ecologyimage competition 2014: the winning images

Authors: Simon Harold, Caspar Henderson, Michel Baguette, Michael B Bonsall, David Hughes and Josef Settele
Content type: Research article
| 25 August 2015

Genetic censusing identifies an unexpectedly sizeable population of an endangered large mammal in a fragmented forest landscape

Authors: Maureen S McCarthy, Jack D Lester, Eric J Howe, Mimi Arandjelovic, Craig B Stanford and Linda Vigilant

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BMC Ecology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on environmental, behavioral and population ecology as well as biodiversity of plants, animals and microbes.

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Ying Lou, BioMed Central

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Michel Baguette, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Simon Blanchet, Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS
Jean Clobert, Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS
David Hughes, Penn State University
Luke Jacobus, Indiana University
Dominique Mazzi, Agroscope
Sandrine Pavoine, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Josef Settele, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Josef Settele, Section Editor

Prof. Dr. Josef Settele is Head of Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Research at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany. His research interests are broad, covering conservation and evolutionary biology of insects, biodiversity and land use, and interdisciplinary cooperation and project co-ordination in biodiversity.

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A comparison of the larvivorous habits of exotic Poecilia reticulata and native Aplocheilus parvus

Life history traits in a capital breeding pine caterpillar: effect of host species and needle age

Occurrence of the invasive Spanish slug in gardens: can a citizen science approach help deciphering underlying factors?

Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera, not Coleoptera, is the most speciose animal order

A decadal view of biodiversity informatics: challenges and priorities

Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection

BMC Ecologyimage competition 2014: the winning images

Genetic censusing identifies an unexpectedly sizeable population of an endangered large mammal in a fragmented forest landscape

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Josef Settele, Section Editor

Data support service

BMC Series blog

Not too much and not too little: the right amount of social network site use may reduce loneliness among mothers of young children

Longer hours on social media may increase teens’ risk of cyberbullying

Can social attachment contribute to problematic Facebook use?

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