Friday 24 January 2014

Open Access to research article on Irish hedgerows

Read an Open Access version of the paper on T-Stór here.

Caroline Sullivan and colleagues published a paper in Volume 113, issue 2 of Biology and Environment, ‘Field boundary habitats and their contribution to the area of semi-natural habitats on lowland farms in east Galway, western Ireland'.
An Open Access reprint is available from T-Stór.


Left-A stone wall with a mature treeline in east County Galway. Right-A farmed landscape in south County Mayo with stone walls and hedgerows.

Tuesday 7 January 2014

BES Guide to Peer Review for new reviewers

Guide to Peer Review in Ecology and Evolution

The British Ecological Society has produced a guide for those wishing to learn more about peer review. Although intended for ecology researchers, it is relevant to researchers across a much wider variety of disciplines.

"This booklet is intended as a guide for early career researchers, who have little or




no experience of reviewing journal articles but are interested in learning more about

what is involved. It provides a succinct overview of the many aspects of reviewing,

from hands-on practical advice about the actual review process to explaining less

tangible aspects, such as reviewer ethics."

Virtual Issue: Applied Ecology in Agricultural Systems

See my editorial in Virtual Issue in Journal of Applied Ecology
Virtual Issue: Applied Ecology in Agricultural Systems

December 2013
Agriculture is an important global human enterprise that exerts a major influence on ecosystems. Even as we work to understand and better manage biodiversity and ecosystem functioning within agri-ecosystems, both agriculture and the global context in which it operates are undergoing major change.
Read the Virtual Issue