Kevin J. Gaston Emilie Aimé Kai M. A. Chan Robert Fish Rosemary S. Hails and Cecily Maller
This image was done for us by the amazing Holly McKelvey at the BES annual meeting in December last year as part of the People and Nature thematic session. In the session our Editor-in-Chief Kevin Gaston discussed why now is the time for this new Journal. He also discussed some of the exiting things we hope to do. For more, including details on our committment to high-quality interdisciplinary peer review, read the full article.
Freya A. V. St John Janna Steadman Gail Austen and Steve M. Redpath
Another of Holly McKelvey’s fantastic images here. This one also came from our thematic session at the BES annual meeting, where Steve Redpath discussed the findings of this, the first ever research article published in the journal. Coincidentally, this was also the first ever submission to the journal! For more on this you can read the full article here, as well as the plain language summary and the press release. As an aside – Holly drew this and the above image LIVE during the talks! How does she do it? We’re pretty sure it’s magic.
Can access to goods and services explain human population change throughout history? The model described here finds that the highest well-being for both humans and the environment depends on maintaining natural land and large-scale distribution of technology and innovation. One of our reviewers and the Associate Editor give their commentary on our blog. Find out more in the full paper and the plain language summary.
Robert P. French Jeremy M. Lyle Robert J. Lennox Steven J. Cooke and Jayson M. Semmens
Mako shark fishing is a popular sport in Australia but anglers behavour is different in different regions, meaning those interested in shark conservation need to take the people into acount. Read more in the full article and the plain language summary. Figure from the article, shark image: Shortfin mako shark in the north atlantic at Condor Bank, Azores, Patrick Doll CC BY-SA 3.0.
Enoch M. Ontiri Martin Odino Antony Kasanga Paula Kahumbu Lance W. Robinson Tom Currie and Dave J. Hodgson
“What big teeth you have!” The conflict between the Maasai people and lions is mor complex than you might think, but we’ll leave that to the authors to explain in this video. Want to know more? Read the plain language summary, the press release and the full paper.
Julia A. Fisher Nancy Shackelford Morgan D. Hocking Andrew J. Trant and Brian M. Starzomski
It’s the cover image!! And how could it not be?? Read more about this here. This paper highlights the fundamental long-term role of humans in ecosystems of this part of British Colombia. Which reminds me of the first line of our editoral… You can find the plain language summary here. Image Credit Brian M. Starzomski
Relational Thinking 