We have a number of options for post-publication commentary on papers: peer-reviewed comments on the original paper, long format blog posts, and shorter format comments on social networking sites (Twitter, Google+, etc.). In addition, we discuss and comment on published papers in the halls and during lunch breaks. We will host a discussion about post-publication…
The following is an invited guest post by Dr. Matthew Chew. The bias in research commentary in Nature by Daniel Sarewitz has attracted a lot of comments on the Nature site and Ecolog*. We felt that the issue deserves more discussion. Here, Dr. Chew presents his take on the issue. Matthew K. Chew, Ph.D. Arizona…
Noelle Beckman and company have an early-view paper in the Journal titled “The interacting effects of clumped seed dispersal and distance- and density-dependent mortality on seedling recruitment patterns”. Read the abstract here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and a photo of spider monkeys on Barro Colorado Island.
An accepted paper in the Journal (Long-term demographic consequences of eavesdropping for sagebrush) by Rick Karban and colleagues explores the consequences of volatile communication in sagebrush. Read the abstract here. I caught up with Rick to do a video interview. Subscribe to our YouTube posts by pressing the Subscribe button on the YouTube page (search ‘JournalOfEcology’), or…
Gretchen Brownstein and company have an accepted paper in the Journal titled “Chance in plant communities: a new approach to its measurement using the nugget from spatial autocorrelation “. Read the abstract here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and a photo of one of their study sites on the South Island, New Zealand.
Ishii and Harder have an accepted paper in the Journal titled “Phenological associations of within- and among-plant variation in gender with floral morphology and integration in protandrous Delphinium glaucum“. Read the paper here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and two photos of their study species, Delphinium glaucum.
Ana Montero-Castaño and Montserrat Vilà have a paper in Early View in the Journal titled “Impact of landscape alteration and invasions on pollinators: a meta-analysis“. Read it here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and an photo of an example fragmented landscape and invasive plant species.
Laura Galloway and Kevin Burgess have a paper in Early View in the Journal titled “Artificial selection on flowering time: influence on reproductive phenology across natural light environments “. Read it here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and an nice photo of the plant species they studied.
A paper in 100:2 at the Journal (Willows indirectly reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in understorey communities) by Katie Becklin and colleagues explores how willow (Salix) reduce arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in plant communities in Colorado. Read the paper here. I caught up with Katie to do a video interview. Subscribe to our YouTube posts by pressing the…
Stephanie Bohlman and Stephen Pacala have a paper in 100:2 in the Journal titled “A forest structure model that determines crown layers and partitions growth and mortality rates for landscape-scale applications of tropical forests“. Read it here. Stephanie has provided a short synopsis of the paper and an example photo used in their study.
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