• Provide both proofreading and copyediting for scientific documents, to include manuscripts, posters, presentations, social media posts, and other technical reports. • Focuses on correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style to ensure clarity, accuracy, and professionalism.

• Provide tips on topic selection. • Rework clumsy sentences. • Reorganize rambling text. • Proofread final essays.

• Support data transparency: Review datasets for clarity, completeness, and alignment with journal standards. • Check metadata and documentation: Ensure authors provide accessible, well‑structured metadata that supports reproducibility. • Identify gaps or issues: Flag missing information, inconsistencies, or unclear methods to the editorial team. • Promote good practice: Help authors strengthen responsible data handling, open science, and ethical research behaviours. • Work collaboratively: Follow shared workflows and contribute to a positive, inclusive editorial environment.

• Identify timely areas of applied ecology research: In collaboration with the Senior Editors and BES staff, identify key areas of focus for the journal • Commission high-quality papers: In collaboration with the Editorial Office, encourage submission of proposed manuscripts around priority areas for the journal • Act as decision making editor: Handle Reviews, Perspectives, Practitioner’s Perspectives and Policy Directions both solicited and unsolicited as decision making editor • Promote understanding: Help authors strengthen their understanding of the journal’s scope and article types by fielding pre-submission enquiries on special article types • Work collaboratively: Communicate and act in a way that contributes to a positive, inclusive editorial environment.