Journal of Animal Ecology | Editor Expertise: Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez

For our ‘Editor Expertise’ series, we will be meeting with each of our Lead Editors, who will share the reason they went into animal ecology, their current and future research focus, and their experience working as an editor for the Journal of Animal Ecology. Our aim is to spread awareness of their research area and give you a chance to get to know the editors behind the journal. This month’s guest is Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Commissioning Editor for the Journal of Animal Ecology. (0:00) – British Ecological Society intro (0:35) – Podcast introduction (1:29) – Rob's journey into animal ecology (6:30) – Rob's current and future research focus (11:30) – Shoutouts to past supervisors and colleagues (13:56) – Ad break (14:36) – Rob's experience as Commissioning Editor for the Journal of Animal Ecology (22:05) – Advice for people who want to become journal editors / are thinking of a career in ecology (24:53) – British Ecological Society outro Links referred to in the podcast: Rob's Elton Prize paper - https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2017/03/28/2016-elton-prize-winner-rob-salguero-gomez/ An editorial on writing a good review / long term study paper - https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.13821 An editorial on writing a good concept paper - https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.14206