This post represents the first entry of our Eminent Ecologist series. Read more blog posts from our Eminent Ecologists: http://bit.ly/eminentecologist Blog commentary by J.P. Grime on a set of papers (1965-2007) from the Journal of Ecology reproduced online in December 2013 Thank you, Editors, for this opportunity to reflect on the circumstances, motivating forces and memorable…
EcoTas13 – Auckland 24 – 29 November Going to EcoTas13 this year will be bitter-sweet for me, I am shortly to move from a land of abundant snakes to one where St. Patrick drastically reduced the herpetofaunal richness with one wave of his magic staff. So I’m going to make the most of this awesome concentration of…
V Reunión Binacional de Ecología, 3 – 6 November 2013 The V Reunión Binacional de Ecología was celebrated in Puerto Varas, Chile, and the meeting aimed to gather both Argentinean and Chilean ecologists. Like the previous meetings organized by the two ecological societies –the Sociedad de Ecología de Chile and the Asociación Argentina de Ecología-…
Issue 101:6 of Journal of Ecology is now online. The Editor’s Choice paper from the final issue of 2013 is “Waiting for Gajah: an elephant mutualist’s contingency plan for an endangered megafaunal disperser” by Sekar & Sukumar. Read Associate Editor Michelle Leishman’s commentary on the paper below. Editor’s Choice 101:6 What are the flow-on effects to ecosystems…
It is hard to believe that INTECOL was almost two months ago now! Back in August Journal of Ecology sponsored a symposium at #INT13 entitled “The tree of life in ecosystems: evolution of plant effects on carbon and nutrient cycling”. The symposium was organised by Journal of Ecology Associate Editors Hans Cornelissen and Will Cornwell…
Membership to the British Ecological Society If you become a member of the British Ecological Society you can get online access to the BES’ cohort of journals for £15 per year. You can also subscribe to Journal of Ecology in print for £30 per year. Journal of Ecology was the first publication to be launched…
Journal of Ecology is pleased to announce that the Editor’s Choice paper for issue 101:5 is “Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests” by Chisholm et al. Editor’s Choice 101:5 The argument for biodiversity conservation is increasingly being framed in terms of maintaining ecosystem functions and services. However, just how important…
I suppose that many of us have experienced the feeling of being at a very large conference where we have planned all of the talks we would like to see only to realize they are all in different rooms on alternating sides of the venue. As a graduate student I did my best to run…
Just got back from my holiday. Two weeks on the Baltic island of Öland with its old cultural landscape, incredible “alvar” grasslands and brilliant birding. Talk about biodiversity! I dived into the INTECOL programme, with the aim of starting by trying to identify talks that I really don’t want to miss. I’ve picked out some…
I was recently asked by the executive board of Journal of Ecology to highlight presentations and other events that I am looking forward to at the INTECOL conference, taking place in London, August 18-23 (http://www.intecol2013.org). Well, I will start by admitting that I feel rather bad that I wasn’t able to attend the ESA(merica) this…
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