Ho ho ho, off to the BES annual meeting we go…

The British Ecological Society annual meeting is almost upon us. Before we head to Birmingham Journal of Ecology Editor, Mark Rees, has made some suggestions about what he thinks that you should go and see. BES annual meeting 2012 Ho ho ho, here we go it’s BES annual meeting time and it’s back where it belongs…

Editor’s Choice 101:1

Issue 101:1 of Journal of Ecology will be published online very soon.  The latest Editor’s Choice is Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress-gradient hypothesis by Dohn et al.  Editor’s Choice 101:1 Ecologists have been scratching their heads over how competitive and facilitative interactions vary with ecosystem productivity and abiotic…

Editor’s Choice 100:6

The final issue of Journal of Ecology’s Centenary volume is now available online. Our latest Editor’s Choice is ‘Plant species diversity and genetic diversity within a dominant species interactively affect plant community biomass’ by Crawford and Rudgers. As always let us know what you think of Associate Editor JC Cahill’s commentary in the comments section…

Interview with Amber Budden (DataONE)

UPDATE: You can listen/download the interview with Amber over at iTunes.  Get it here, or search for “Journal of Ecology” in the iTunes store. Listen to Journal of Ecology’s first podcast NOW! In this podcast blog editor Scott Chamberlain interviews Amber Budden from DataONE. This interview took place at ESA 2012. As always let us…

Editor’s Choice 100:5

Issue 5 has now been published online. Associate Editor Sedonia Sipes has written a commentary about our current Editor’s Choice by Greve et al. For even more information about this paper watch Scott’s interview with Michelle Greve right here on the blog! Editor’s Choice 100:5 It is always exciting to read a study that exemplifies…

Editor’s Choice 100:4

Issue 4 is online now! Read Marcel van der Heijden’s commentary on the Editor’s Choice from 100:4 by Liu et al. Editor’s Choice 100:4 A major aim in ecology is to search for the determinants of biological diversity and species coexistence. There is increasing evidence that soil micro-organisms play a key role in regulating plant…