In our third podcast in the EcoGist series, Gaku Kudo of Hokkaido University in Japan describes his paper on pollination linkage between canopy trees and understorey plants in a cool-temperate forest in Japan. Read the paper in the journal here.
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Steve Hovick about his paper exploring prediction of invasiveness in plants using traits based on an ordination approach, accounting simultaneously for many traits. Check out the paper in the journal here. This interview took place on 20 November, 2012. As always let us know what you think in the comments…
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Kerri Crawford about her paper exploring how plant species and genetic diversity interact to influence plant community biomass. Check out the paper in the journal here. This interview took place on 3 December, 2012. As always let us know what you think in the comments section below or on Twitter @JEcology or @recology_
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…
An interesting paper was published recently in the journal in volume 100:5 titled “Pollination mode predicts phenological response to climate change in terrestrial orchids: a case study from central Europe“. Read the abstract here. The problem they addressed essentially was asking what traits may predict phenological response to climate change. They studied a set of about…
Mark St. John and company have a paper in the Journal in volume 100:5 titled “Loss of a dominant nitrogen-fixing shrub in primary succession: consequences for plant and below-ground communities”. Read the abstract here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and a few photos. Many ecosystems throughout the world are gaining some species and…
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.
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.
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