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SPECIAL ISSUE – Predicting the Future: Species Survival in a Changing World
Special issues
Predicting the Future: Species Survival in a Changing World
Guest editors: Craig E. Franklin and Hans H. Hoppeler
The past decade has been the warmest since global temperatures have been recorded. Along with increases in extreme weather events and ocean acidification and a reduction in the extent of Arctic sea ice, anthropogenic-driven climate change is having devastating effects on ecosystems and biodiversity. In a series of Review articles by experts working across different taxa and environmental drivers, this Special Issue explores the significant role of experimental biology in assessing and predicting the susceptibility or resilience of species to future, human-induced environmental change. It highlights the need for data sharing and better integration across scientific disciplines if we are to address the impacts humans are having on our physical and natural world.
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Conversation
In the field: an interview with Robyn Hetem
Continuing our fieldwork series, Robyn Hetem reflects on working with species ranging from aardvark to zebra, and the impact COVID-19 has had on fieldwork.
Find out more about the series in our Editorial and see below for more interviews.
Early-career researchers
Read some of our interviews with early-career researchers and find out more about how JEB supports junior scientists
Editors' choice
The visual ecology of Holocentridae, a nocturnal coral reef fish family with a deep-sea-like multibank retina
Fanny de Busserolles, Fabio Cortesi, Lily Fogg, Sara Stieb, Martin Luehrmann and Justin Marshall
Nocturnal reef fish have multibank retinas, layers of photoreceptors similar to those in the eyes of deep-sea fish, which could help the reef residents to see colour in dim conditions
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