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{{short description|UK learned society in the field of ecology}}
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The '''British Ecological Society''' is a [[learned society]] in the field of [[ecology]] that was founded in 1913. It is the oldest ecological society in the world. <ref>"British Ecological Society", in ''Encyclopedia of Environmetrics'', Abdel H. El-Shaarawi and Walter W. Piegorsch, eds. ([[John Wiley & Sons]], 2001) p236</ref> The Society's original objective was "to promote and foster the study of Ecology in its widest sense" and this remains the central theme guiding its activities today. The Society has almost 5000 members of which 14% are students. It has always had an international membership and currently 42% are outside the United Kingdom, in a total of 92 countries. The head office is located [[Charles Darwin]] House in London, alongside a wide range of other biology organisations.<ref name="CDHouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.charlesdarwinhouse.co.uk/|title=Charles Darwin House ) Home|publisher=Charles Darwin House|accessdate=27 September 2013}}</ref>
The '''British Ecological Society''' is a [[learned society]] in the field of [[ecology]] that was founded in 1913.<ref name="Norman">{{CiteQ|Q101660703}}</ref> It is the oldest ecological society in the world.<ref name="Norman" /> The Society's original objective was "to promote and foster the study of Ecology in its widest sense" and this remains the central theme guiding its activities today. The Society had, circa 2024 around 7,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2024 |title=Who we are |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/about/our-work/}}</ref> members of which 14% are students. Of its members in 2013, 42% were outside the United Kingdom, in a total of 92 countries. The head office is located in London.<ref name="Norman" />


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== History ==
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The Society evolved out of the British Vegetation Committee, which was founded in 1904 to promote the survey and study of vegetation in the British Isles. This initiative was in turn the outcome of what many historians perceive to have been the emergence of modern [[ecology]] in the 1890s. The British Ecological Society's inaugural meeting was held at [[University College London]] on 12 April 1913 and was attended by 47 members. Sir Arthur Tansley became the first President and the first issue of ''[[Journal of Ecology]]'' was printed in time for the meeting.


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The Society evolved out of the British Vegetation Committee,<ref name="Weiss">{{cite q|Q101607488}}</ref> which was founded in 1904 to promote the survey and study of vegetation in the British Isles. This initiative was in turn the outcome of what many historians perceive to have been the emergence of modern [[ecology]] in the 1890s. The British Ecological Society's inaugural meeting was held at [[University College London]] on 12 April 1913 and was attended by 47 members.<ref name="Norman" /> Sir [[Arthur Tansley]] became the first President and the first issue of ''[[Journal of Ecology]]'' was printed in time for the meeting.<ref name="Norman" />
The Society's mission is to generate, communicate and promote ecological knowledge and solutions and it achieves this through a wide range of activities. It disseminates academic research through its internationally renowned journals, organises major scientific meetings, awards many grants each year to support the ecological community, is active in informing and influencing policy makers, and works to improve the teaching and learning of ecology in schools. In 2013 the Society celebrated its centenary, organising a wide range of events and activities including a major public engagement programme of over 140 events across the United Kingdom.

The Society faced several setbacks and was largely impacted by the events of World War I, as it formed the year prior to its beginning.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Salisbury |first=Edward |date=1964 |title=The Origin and Early Years of the British Ecological Society |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2425 |journal=Journal of Animal Ecology |volume=33 |pages=13–18 |doi=10.2307/2425 |issn=0021-8790}}</ref>

In its early days the society shared the London offices of [[The Linnean Society]].<ref name="Norman" />


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
{{main cat|British Ecological Society academic journals}}
{{main cat|British Ecological Society academic journals}}
Publication of [[scientific journal]]s is a principal activity. The ''[[Journal of Ecology]]'' was first published in 1913 in time for the inaugural meeting of the Society, followed by the ''[[Journal of Animal Ecology]]'' (1932), ''[[Journal of Applied Ecology]]'' (1964), ''[[Functional Ecology (journal)|Functional Ecology]]'' (1987), and ''[[Methods in Ecology and Evolution]]'' (2010). Members can subscribe to these journals at a low cost. The Society recently partnered with [[Wiley-Blackwell]] on the open access journal ''Ecology and Evolution''.
Publication of [[scientific journal]]s is a principal activity. The ''[[Journal of Ecology]]'' was first published in 1913 in time for the inaugural meeting of the Society,<ref name="Norman" /> followed by the ''[[Journal of Animal Ecology]]'' (1932),<ref name="Norman" /> ''[[Journal of Applied Ecology]]'' (1962),<ref name="Norman" /> ''[[Functional Ecology (journal)|Functional Ecology]]'' (1987),<ref name="Norman" /> and ''[[Methods in Ecology and Evolution]]'' (2010).<ref name="Norman" /> In 2018, the society launched ''People and Nature'', an [[Open access|Open Access]] interdisciplinary journal publishing work exploring relationships between humans and nature, followed by ''Ecological Solutions and Evidence'' in 2020. Members can subscribe to these journals at a low cost and also receive a discount on Open Access fees. The Society also partners with [[Wiley-Blackwell]] on the open access journal ''Ecology and Evolution''.


The society publishes the ''Ecological Reviews''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecological Reviews |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/ecological-reviews/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=British Ecological Society |language=en-GB}}</ref> book series which aims to publish books on the cutting edge of modern ecology, providing a forum for current topics that are likely to be of long-term importance to the progress of the field
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== Meetings ==
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The Society also runs several major scientific meetings for ecologists each year. The Annual Meeting currently attracts 800 delegates each year and provides the opportunity for ecologists to present papers and posters on a wide variety of topics; an important element has always been the active participation of research students. There is an increasing number of delegates from overseas, principally Europe. It is Europe’s largest annual meeting of ecologists.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Since 1960 the Society has run an Annual Symposium and published a volume of its papers. It supports a range of other specialist meetings, workshops, training events and field meetings.


In addition, the society publishes a series of freely available short Better Science Guides<ref>{{Cite web |title=Better Science Guides |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/better-science/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=British Ecological Society |language=en-GB}}</ref> on topics including Peer Review, Data Management, Interdisciplinary Research, Safe Fieldwork, Reproducible Code and Getting Published.
== Public Engagement ==

As part of its public engagement programme, the BES provides training in public engagement for its members and also organises various outreach events. These include the Sex & Bugs & Rock ‘n Roll<ref>{{cite web|url=//besroadshow.blogspot.co.uk/|website=Sex, Bugs & Rock n' Roll|accessdate=23 September 2015}}</ref> public engagement initiative which participates in various music festivals, most notably [[Green Man]], [[Wychwood]] and [[Glastonbury]].


The society also runs a photographic competition.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-27 |title=The British Ecological Society photography competition – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/nov/27/british-ecological-society-photography-competition-in-pictures |access-date=2024-08-23 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-02 |title=Image of Madagascan snake wins 2019 British Ecological Society photography competition |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-50602795 |access-date=2024-08-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref>


== Meetings ==
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The Society also runs several major scientific meetings for ecologists each year. The annual meeting currently attracts 1,200 delegates each year and provides the opportunity for ecologists to present papers and posters on a wide variety of topics; an important element has always been the active participation of research students. There is an increasing number of delegates from overseas, principally Europe. It is Europe's largest annual meeting of ecologists.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Since 1960 the Society has run an Annual Symposium and published a volume of its papers. It supports a range of other specialist meetings, workshops, training events and field meetings.


==Presidents==
==Presidents==
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* 1913–1915 [[Arthur Tansley]]
* 1913–1914 [[Arthur Tansley]]
* 1918-1919 [[William Gardner Smith (botanist)|William Gardner Smith]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=T.W.W|author2=A.G.T. |authorlink2=Arthur Tansley |year=1929|title=Obituary Notice: William Gardner Smith: 1866-1928|journal=[[Journal of Ecology]]|volume=17|issue=1|pages=170–173}}</ref>
* 1917-1918 [[William Gardner Smith (botanist)|William Gardner Smith]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=T.W.W|author2=A.G.T. |author-link2=Arthur Tansley |year=1929|title=Obituary Notice: William Gardner Smith: 1866-1928|journal=[[Journal of Ecology]]|volume=17|issue=1|pages=170–173}}</ref>
* 1920-1921 [[Richard Henry Yapp]]<ref name="Weiss" />
* 1921-1922 [[Robert Lloyd Praeger]]
* 1923-1924 [[F.E. Weiss]]
* 1921–1922 [[Robert Lloyd Praeger]]
* 1928–1929 [[Edward James Salisbury]]
* 1923–1924 [[Frederick Ernest Weiss]]
* 1932–1933 [[Arthur Edwin Boycott]]
* 1927–1928 [[Edward James Salisbury]]
* 1934-1936 [[J.R. Matthews]]
* 1931–1932 [[Arthur Edwin Boycott]]
* 1936–1938 [[William Harold Pearsall]]
* 1933–1934 [[James Robert Matthews]]
* 1935–1936 [[William Harold Pearsall]]
* 1938–1939 [[Arthur Tansley]] (2nd term)
* 1937–1938 [[Arthur Tansley]] (2nd term)
* 1946–1947 [[Alexander Watt]]
* 1946–1947 [[Alexander Watt]]
* 1954–1956 [[Arthur Roy Clapham]]
* 1954–1956 [[Arthur Roy Clapham]]
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* 1962–1963 [[Paul Westmacott Richards]]
* 1962–1963 [[Paul Westmacott Richards]]
* 1964–1965 [[David Lack]]
* 1964–1965 [[David Lack]]
* 1967–1968 [[John L. Harper]]
* 1966–1967 [[John L. Harper]]
* 1968–1970 [[Henry Neville Southern]]
* 1968–1969 [[Henry Neville Southern]]
* 1970–1971 [[John Laker Harley]]
* 1970–1971 [[John Laker Harley]]
* 1975–1976 [[George Clifford Evans]]
* 1974–1975 [[George Clifford Evans]]
* 1976–1978 [[Richard Southwood]]
* 1976–1977 [[Richard Southwood]]
* 1979–1981 [[George Mackenzie Dunnet]]
* 1980–1981 [[George Mackenzie Dunnet]]
* 1982–1983 [[Anthony David Bradshaw]]
* 1982–1983 [[Anthony David Bradshaw]]
* 1984–1985 [[L.R. Taylor]]
* 1984–1985 [[L.R. Taylor]]
* 1986–1987 [[C. H. Gimingham]]
* 1986–1987 [[C. H. Gimingham]]
* 1987--1988 [[Amyan Macfadyen]]
* 1988–1989 [[R. J. Berry]]
* 1987–1989 [[R. J. Berry]]
* 1990–1991 [[Peter J. Grubb]]
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* 1992–1993 [[Robert May, Baron May of Oxford]]
* 1989–1991 [[Peter J. Grubb]]
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* 1991–1993 [[Robert May, Baron May of Oxford]]
* 1994–1995 [[Ian Newton]]
* 1994–1995 [[Ian Newton]]
* 1996–1997 [[John A. Lee]]
* 1996–1997 [[John A. Lee]]
* 1999–2001 [[Michael Hassell]]
* 1998–1999 [[Michael Hassell]]
* 2001–2003 [[John Grace (ecologist)|John Grace]]
* 2000–2001 [[John Whittaker (ecologist)|John Whittaker]]
* 2002–2003 [[John Grace (ecologist)|John Grace]]
* 2003–2005 [[Alastair Fitter]]
* 2003–2005 [[Alastair Fitter]]
* 2005–2007 [[John Lawton (scientist)|John Lawton]]
* 2005–2007 [[John Lawton (scientist)|John Lawton]]
* 2007–2009 [[Malcolm Press]]
* 2007–2009 [[Malcolm Press]]
* 2009–2011 [[Charles Godfray]]
* 2009–2011 [[Charles Godfray]]
* 2011-2013 [[Georgina Mace]]
* 2011–2013 [[Georgina Mace]]
* 2013-2015 [[William Sutherland (scientist)|William Sutherland]]
* 2013–2015 [[William Sutherland (scientist)|William Sutherland]]
* 2016–2017 [[Sue Hartley]]

* 2017–2019 Richard Bardgett

*2020–2021 [[Jane Memmott]]
*2021–2023 [[Yadvinder Malhi]]
*2024–2025 [[Bridget Emmett]]
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Latest revision as of 02:24, 23 August 2024

British Ecological Society

The British Ecological Society is a learned society in the field of ecology that was founded in 1913.[1] It is the oldest ecological society in the world.[1] The Society's original objective was "to promote and foster the study of Ecology in its widest sense" and this remains the central theme guiding its activities today. The Society had, circa 2024 around 7,000[2] members of which 14% are students. Of its members in 2013, 42% were outside the United Kingdom, in a total of 92 countries. The head office is located in London.[1]

History

[edit]

The Society evolved out of the British Vegetation Committee,[3] which was founded in 1904 to promote the survey and study of vegetation in the British Isles. This initiative was in turn the outcome of what many historians perceive to have been the emergence of modern ecology in the 1890s. The British Ecological Society's inaugural meeting was held at University College London on 12 April 1913 and was attended by 47 members.[1] Sir Arthur Tansley became the first President and the first issue of Journal of Ecology was printed in time for the meeting.[1]

The Society faced several setbacks and was largely impacted by the events of World War I, as it formed the year prior to its beginning.[4]

In its early days the society shared the London offices of The Linnean Society.[1]

Publications

[edit]
Main category: British Ecological Society academic journals

Publication of scientific journals is a principal activity. The Journal of Ecology was first published in 1913 in time for the inaugural meeting of the Society,[1] followed by the Journal of Animal Ecology (1932),[1] Journal of Applied Ecology (1962),[1] Functional Ecology (1987),[1] and Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2010).[1] In 2018, the society launched People and Nature, an Open Access interdisciplinary journal publishing work exploring relationships between humans and nature, followed by Ecological Solutions and Evidence in 2020. Members can subscribe to these journals at a low cost and also receive a discount on Open Access fees. The Society also partners with Wiley-Blackwell on the open access journal Ecology and Evolution.

The society publishes the Ecological Reviews[5] book series which aims to publish books on the cutting edge of modern ecology, providing a forum for current topics that are likely to be of long-term importance to the progress of the field

In addition, the society publishes a series of freely available short Better Science Guides[6] on topics including Peer Review, Data Management, Interdisciplinary Research, Safe Fieldwork, Reproducible Code and Getting Published.

The society also runs a photographic competition.[7][8]

Meetings

[edit]

The Society also runs several major scientific meetings for ecologists each year. The annual meeting currently attracts 1,200 delegates each year and provides the opportunity for ecologists to present papers and posters on a wide variety of topics; an important element has always been the active participation of research students. There is an increasing number of delegates from overseas, principally Europe. It is Europe's largest annual meeting of ecologists.[citation needed] Since 1960 the Society has run an Annual Symposium and published a volume of its papers. It supports a range of other specialist meetings, workshops, training events and field meetings.

Presidents

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hazel Norman (2013). British Ecological Society. ISBN 978-0-470-05733-9. OL 33356762M. Wikidata Q101660703.
  2. ^ "Who we are". 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b F. E. Weiss (1929). "Obituary Notice: Richard Henry Yapp, 1871–1929". Journal of Ecology. 17 (2): 405–408. ISSN 0022-0477. JSTOR 2256052. Wikidata Q101607488.
  4. ^ Salisbury, Edward (1964). "The Origin and Early Years of the British Ecological Society". Journal of Animal Ecology. 33: 13–18. doi:10.2307/2425. ISSN 0021-8790.
  5. ^ "Ecological Reviews". British Ecological Society. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  6. ^ "Better Science Guides". British Ecological Society. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  7. ^ "The British Ecological Society photography competition – in pictures". the Guardian. 2020-11-27. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  8. ^ "Image of Madagascan snake wins 2019 British Ecological Society photography competition". 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  9. ^ T.W.W; A.G.T. (1929). "Obituary Notice: William Gardner Smith: 1866-1928". Journal of Ecology. 17 (1): 170–173.
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