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…
The Journal of Ecology along with the other British Ecological Society journals will now allow submission of manuscripts that have been previously posted on recognized preprint archives such as arXiv and PeerJ PrePrints and the new bioRχiv. We still won’t publish work that’s already been published, you have to tell us where a manuscript has…
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 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…
Tracking the uptake of primary articles in the scientific literature via the social media is now widely accepted as a valid measure of the value of our work. In an earlier blog post we presented some data on article level metrics (ALMs: altmetrics) of Journal of Ecology articles from 2012. We are pleased that readers…
Journal of Ecology & Fascination of Plants Day 2013 The Editors of the Journal of Ecology are pleased to honour Fascination of Plants Day 2013 by highlighting the most recent accounts in our Biological Flora of the British Isles series. The series provides a fascinating insight into both common and endangered plant species. The accounts have…
The next issue of Journal of Ecology will be published online soon. We are really pleased to announce that the Editor’s Choice article from issue 101:3 is “Specialist species of wood-inhabiting fungi struggle while generalists thrive in fragmented boreal forests” by Nordén et al. Read a commentary on the paper below, written by Journal of Ecology Associate Editor…
