BMC Ecology Image Competition 2017: Winners

1. Winner: Giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa) by Ana Carolina Lima/Univeristy of Aveiro, Portugal

2. BMC Ecology Image Competition 2017

3. First runner-up: Two towers by Christin Säwström/Edith Cowan University, Western Australia

4. Second runner-up : Connections by Roberto García-Roa/University of Valencia, Spain

5. Behavioral and Physiological Ecology winner:
Wakeful by Maïlis Huguin/Institut Pasteur de la
Guyane

6. Community, Population and Macroecology winner: Catchers on a hot tin roof by Trevor Sherwin/University of Auckland, New Zealand

7. Conservation Ecology and Biodiversity Research
winner: Tibetan Antelope by Zhigang Jiang/Institute
of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

8. Landscape Ecology and
Ecosystems winner: Las
Cañadas del Teide by Harry
Seijmonsbergen/University
of Amsterdam

9. Editor’s pick: A ‘well-armed’
coral reef community on
Heron reef, Capricornia Cays,
Great Barrier Reef by
Michelle Achlatis/University
of Queensland, Australia

10. The overall winning image by Ana Carolina Lima

11. Highly commended

12. “Sea lion resting in the coast of San Cristobal Island in Galapagos.” Attribution: Pablo Juarbe Martinez (Florida Institute of Technology, USA).

13. Highly commended Conservation Ecology
and Biodiversity: Peaceful Koala by Arnaud
Badiane/Macquarie University, Sydney

14. Highly commended Community, Population and
Macroecology: Periwinkles and boats in the
Seychelles by Hannah Bose/University of Edinburgh

15. Highly commended Behavioral and Physiological Ecology: Parental care by Roberto García-Roa/University of Valencia, Spain

16. Dicing with death. “The Malaysian
orchid mantis Hymenopus coronatusis a
predatory insect that mimics a flower
blossom. Attribution: James O’Hanlon
(University of New England, Australia).

17. In southern Spain, lost in
the middle of the arid
interior region of Málaga,
lies an area of fertile fruit
plantations named the
Axarquía. Here, the last
Andalusian dragons
thrive amongst the
branches of both exotic
avocado and historical
Mediterranean olive
trees. © Javier Ábalos
Álvarez (University of
Valencia, Spain)

18. This image highlights the unpredictable
nature of our work and sometimes you
encounter a face to face with a giant male
polar bear scavenging for eider eggs‘. ©
Sjoerd Duijns (Carleton University, Canada)

19. “The Swallow Tailed Gull (Creagrus
furcatus) is an endemic and
common resident of the Galapagos
Islands. Attribution: Majoi de
Novaes Nascimento (Florida
Institute of Technology, USA).

20. Highly commended Behavioral and Physiological Ecology: Mating common wall lizards by Arnaud Badiane/Macquarie University, Sydney

21. Highly commended Landscape Ecology and Ecosystems: Sado River estuary by Diogo Sayanda/University of Lisbon

22. Atelopus hoogmoedi. “In addition to monitoring
reptile and amphibian biodiversity we also
investigate homing behavior in Atelopus
hoogmoedi. Attribution: Michaël Nicolaï (Vrije
Universiteit Brussel , Belgium).

23. Highly commended Behavioral
and Physiological Ecology:
Breeding terns by David
Costantini/Museum National
d’Histoire Naturelle

24. Fish shoal. “This image shows a shoal
of Talassoma parvo predating the eggs
of Abudefduf luridus. Attribution: Diogo
Sayanda (University of Lisbon, Portugal).

25. Highly commended Community, Population and Macroecology: Dolphin school by Diogo Sayanda/University of Lisbon

26. Highly commended Behavioral and Physiological Ecology: Fungus attack By Maïlis Huguin/Institut Pasteur de la Guyane

27. Highly commended Behavioral and
Physiological Ecology: Multitasking
dance flies

28. Highly commended
Conservation
Ecology and
Biodiversity: Candle
in the wild by José
López
Bucio/Universidad
Michoacana de San
Nicolás de Hidalgo,
Morelia, México

29. Ant queen carrying larvae. “This ant
queen carrying a larva is walking on
colorful leaves in autumn. Attribution:
Julia Giehr (University of Regensburg,
Germany).

30. Highly commended Behavioral and Physiological
Ecology: You better get the weight right! by Dewald
Kleynhans/University of Pretoria, South Africa

31. 23-AGOSTO-2017 END