For the cover image for our latest issue we chose a photo from one of the Special Feature papers (Farwig et al. 2016) which showed an area of the Białowieża Forest in Eastern Poland.

To make the most of all the great photos from our authors we have included a slideshow below.

Read the full January 2017 issue here.

Cold and shade constrain phenology of ephemeral herbs, Carol K. Augspurger and Carl F. Salk http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12651

50+ years of herbivore exclusion alters eco-function, Mark J. Lara et al http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12654

Secondary nectar robbing costly to plants, Sarah K. Richman et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12657

Leaf-cutter ant and savanna plant recruitment, Alan N. Costa et al http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12656

Drought resistance of three dominant dryland plants, David L. Hoover et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12647

Elephants and fire control woody biomass, Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12668 This paper was also the Editor’s Choice: https://jecologyblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/editorchoice105-1/

Tree responses to warming and drought, Charlotte Grossiord et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12662

Enhanced cycling of C and N after wildfire, Feike A. Dijkstra et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12663

Plant defences along an invasion chronosequence, Michal Gruntman et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12660