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Study | Familiar Faces Matter for Black Rhinos
A new study of nearly 70,000 sightings reveals that black rhinos, despite being considered solitary, form long-term associations with familiar individuals. These relationships may help reduce aggression, but social interactions can also carry survival costs—especially for calves.
Editor’s Choice | Citizen Science Reveals Hidden Migration Timelines
The editor’s choice for our May issue is “Climatic variation affects seasonal survival of an alpine bird species” by Mckinlay et al.
Cover | How do disease outbreaks reshape the cost of migration?
Our 2026 issue 2 cover depicts a rough-legged buzzard/hawk, photographed by Neil Paprocki.
E4 award papers over the years
The E4 Award is given every year to an early-career research scientist who writes an exceptional Review manuscript. The winner receives a €1000 cash prize and the runner-up receives €500. Our early-career E4 award papers are more downloaded and cited than the average research paper for Ecography.
Cover | First Come, First Served on Hawaiʻi’s Coral
On Hawaiian reefs, a field experiment shows that early-arriving competitors and predators can strongly shape who gets to live on coral colonies. Photo by Erik Brush.
Cover | Modelling LULC effects on biodiversity: a review of practices and risks
This month’s cover photo features a marsh, which is one of the last visible signs of a palaeochannel of the Rhone river, now dedicated to host the Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) among other conservation targets. Photo by Arnaud-Willm-Tour du Valat.
Study | Counting deer from the sky: drones in steep terrain
For species like red deer (Cervus elaphus), obtaining precise and accurate population estimates is essential. Traditional survey methods often struggle; therefore we explored how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used to estimate absolute population density of red deer in such challenging environments.
Study | Targeting Conservation for First Migrations
Throughout the world, each spring and fall, billions of birds migrate. But, due to a multitude of threats and stressors, populations of avian migrants have declined widely and are now the focus of widespread conservation action.
Cover | EcoViz: a visualization tool for forest landscape model simulations
This month’s cover photo features the a scene in the Berchtesgaden National Park in Germany and depicts the hypothetical forest state in the year 2150, blending "symbolic rendering" with a photo-realistic rendering.
Cover | The Herbal Nest Sanitizer
A study of Corsican blue tits shows that adding aromatic plants to nests can reduce bacterial diversity supporting that birds use these plants to protect their offspring from harmful microbes. Illustration by Hélène Dion-Phénix.
Award | Announcing the new NJB Review Award
We are happy to announce the inaugural competition for the NJB Review Award, given to an early career research scientist with an exceptional mini-review manuscript. Deadline: 30 November 2026.
New senior board for Ecography
We are excited to share a couple of updates to the journal’s editorial structure and board. These are meant to further strengthen what Ecography already does best while ensuring both continuity and renewal.
So what are the changes?
First, we are switching to a shared leadership model. The Nordic Society has decided to broaden the leadership of Ecography by appointing a team of three Editors-in-Chief that will jointly guide the journal. Christine Meynard who took over the Editor-in-Chief position from Miguel Araujo will be joined by Dominique Gravel and Damaris Zurell.
Cover | Plant performance and diversity in roadside and railway habitats
Special issue section on plant performance and diversity in roadside and railway habitats
View from the editor's desk | From code to credit
Citing software packages is essential, but treating them as the origin rather than the implementation of ideas risks obscuring the intellectual history of methods. Read more from Oikos Editor-in-Chief Pedro Peres-Neto.
New Editor | Mark Hughes, coordinating editor for taxonomy and systematics
Mark Hughes is joining NJB as Coordinating Editor for taxonomy & systematics. He is also a specialist on Begonia spp.
Study | Balancing moult, migration, and breeding in a long-lived partial migrant raptor
Balancing moult, migration, and breeding is not simply a matter of distance travelled. It is the outcome of a complex energetic compromise shaped by climate, life stage, and reproductive demands.
Call for Papers | Special issue on grouse ecology
Wildlife Biology Journal invites papers for a special issue for the Grouse Symposium in Hamar, Norway (31 Aug– 4 Sep 2026). You do not have to participate in the symposium to be able to submit a paper.
Cover | Phylogenetic evidence for Jatropha benghalensis
Phylogenetic analysis reclassifies a geophytic Jatropha species as J. benghalensis, clarifying its distinction from closely related taxa.
Cover | EcoCleanR: enhancing biogeographic data quality
This month’s cover illustration by Priyanka Soni features the EcoCleanR workflow, showing transformation of raw biodiversity data into refined geographic and environmental representations of species distributions.
Cover | From Flames to Patterns: What Fuels the Fire in Savannas
A study of Brazilian savannas shows that fuel traits—especially grass biomass—strongly shape fire behavior, helping predict where fires are most likely to occur. Photo by Vínicus de Lima Dantas.