{"id":4662,"date":"2011-02-08T18:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T22:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=4662"},"modified":"2011-02-08T18:10:45","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T22:10:45","slug":"ecotone-sheds-its-exoskeleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2011\/02\/08\/ecotone-sheds-its-exoskeleton\/","title":{"rendered":"EcoTone sheds its exoskeleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2011\/02\/damselfly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4664 img-fluid\" title=\"Eastern Amberwing\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2011\/02\/damselfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"407\"><\/a>Frequent visitors to <em>EcoTone<\/em> might notice a few changes to the look and layout of the blog. \u00a0Instead of one long list of posts, for example, the most recent posts are now presented with a photo and brief summary. That way, all of the news in ecology is together on one page for easy browsing. Sharing links with friends and colleagues on Facebook and Twitter is also simpler thanks to new social media buttons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Over the last few years\u2014with the guidance of former ESA Communications Officer Christine Buckley and other blog moderators\u2014<em>EcoTone<\/em> has evolved into a top resource for the latest news in ecological science. Readership has grown substantially within the last year and it is apparent that the blog is viewed as a resource in topics ranging from iron-plated snails to science expressed through art. <em>EcoTone<\/em> is molting, one might say, in order to make room for growth\u2014in this case, allowing more opportunities for sharing and producing fresh content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Ecological Society of America\u2019s blog has come a long way since its creation in 2006, but the goals remain the same: to share the diverse aspects of ecological science and to encourage conversations about ecology within and between communities. So with multimedia options, technological advances and exciting online resources in ecology emerging, it\u2019s on to the next stage!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">What do you think of <em>EcoTone<\/em>? If you have any suggestions for posts, design additions or any other ideas, please share your insights. Email Katie Kline, moderator of <em>EcoTone<\/em>, at <a href=\"mailto:esablog@esa.org\">esablog@esa.org<\/a> or contribute your thoughts in the comments section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thank you for your readership and contributions!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rogersmith\/3832350130\/in\/photostream\/\">Roger Smith<\/a><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frequent visitors to EcoTone might notice a few changes to the look and layout of the blog. \u00a0Instead of one long list of posts, for example, the most recent posts are now presented with a photo and brief summary. That way, all of the news in ecology is together on one page for easy browsing. Sharing links with friends and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[657,97],"class_list":["post-4662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-communication","tag-esa-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}