The science of ecology helps us make sense of the natural world and our place in it. Ecologists see the world with a unique perspective, and the BMC Ecology image competition allows them to share their viewpoint with the rest of us.
The combination of artistry and science on display here is truly amazing. From a majestic desert, to a tender pair of baboons, to storks in a trash pile, these images are all interesting representations of ecological interactions, captured expertly.
Anyone affiliated with a research institute was invited to participate, and the images were judged by the BMC Ecology Section Editors and our Guest Judge, Dr Ana Porzecanski, Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History.
Choosing a winner was a challenge as you can see from the stunning entries below.
Overall winner – Mohamed Shebl
Co-runner up – Dhritiman Das
Co-runner up – Daniel Wisbech Carstensen
Behavior and Physiological Ecology winner – Bernardo Segura
Community, Population and Macroecology winner – Julia Spaet
Conservation Ecology and Biodiversity Research winner – Pritesh S. Roy
Landscape Ecology and Ecosystems winner – Daniel Winkler
Editor’s pick – Catherine Markham
These winning images all have been released under a Creative Commons Attribution License
(CC BY), so everyone is welcome and encouraged to share them freely, while attributing the image author.
This article was written by Catherine Potenski and published on 30 July 2015 on the BMC Series blog.
