Ameli Kirse – Our 2025 Elton Prize Shortlisted Candidate’s #StoryBehindThePaper

Ameli Kirse (she/her) provides the story behind her paper, “The clockwork of insect activity: advancing ecological understanding through automation“, which was shortlisted for this year’s Elton Prize. We also hear a little about her journey into animal ecology. About the paper: What is your shortlisted paper about, and what are you seeking to answer with your research? In this paper, we explore how combining automated insect sampling with DNA metabarcoding can reveal fine-scale, taxon-specific..