Darren Evans

Dec 3, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Roberto Salguero-Gómez |Darren Evans |Jean-Michel Gaillard |Lesley T. Lancaster

1 WHAT ARE ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Concepts are abstract ideas that describe processes of interest. As such, concepts are the backbone to theories in any science. Concepts and theories are related in that novel theories cannot emerge without the existence of the solid concepts that underpin them.

Nov 25, 2024 | resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Mukilan Suresh |Tong Xin |Samantha Cook |Darren Evans

INTRODUCTION Insects play a crucial role in ecosystems, providing important ecological processes such as pollination and nutrient cycling as well as being embedded in complex food webs (Leather, 2005).

Jun 30, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jordan P Cuff |Darren Evans |Ian Vaughan |Shawn M. Wilder

1 INTRODUCTION Nutrients, represented as elemental (e.g., carbon and nitrogen) or biochemical (e.g., protein and carbohydrate, lipid) macronutrients (Kaspari, 2020) and micronutrients (e.g., iodine, copper and zinc; Kaspari, 2021), underpin many biological processes (Simpson & Raubenheimer, 2012).

May 8, 2024 | resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jordan P Cuff |Darren Evans |Larissa E. Collins

INTRODUCTION Assessing the condition of biodiversity in agroecosystems is a global priority. It is vital to tackle the parallel issues of biodiversity decline and food insecurity, which are amongst the greatest challenges of the 21st century (Fischer et al., 2017).

Apr 2, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Nathan Sanders |Roberto Salguero-Gómez |Darren Evans |Jean-Michel Gaillard

We want to start by acknowledging that 2023 was a tough year for many of us in many ways, as well as the billions of people who have likely never heard of the Journal of Animal Ecology. Against the backdrop of recent tragedies, throughout 2023, Journal of Animal Ecology has continued to publish the best fundamental research in animal ecology to underpin understanding and protecting species and their natural settings.