Neha Mohanbabu: Large herbivore impact on plant biomass

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2022 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Neha Mohanbabu’s article ‘Large herbivore impact on plant biomass along multiple resource gradients in the Serengeti‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. 👋 About me My…

Kyle Rodman: Rocky Mountain forests & bark beetle outbreaks

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2022 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Kyle Rodman’s article ‘Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. ⭐️ About…

Vanessa Rubio: Functional groups, determinism & the dynamics of a tropical forest

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2022 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Vanessa Rubio Ramos’s article ‘Functional groups, determinism and the dynamics of a tropical forest‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. 👋 About me I grew…

Angela Illuminati: Coordination between water uptake depth & the leaf economic spectrum

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2022 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Angela Illuminati’s article ‘Coordination between water uptake depth and the leaf economic spectrum in a Mediterranean shrubland‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. 👋 About me…

Jorge Isla: Drivers of interaction networks during plant range expansion

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2022 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Jorge Isla’s article ‘Drivers of individual-based, antagonistic interaction networks during plant range expansion‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award. ⭐️About me I grew up in…

Miriam Gerhard: Variable environments in variable continents

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2022 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Miriam Gerhard’s article ‘Environmental stoichiometry mediates phytoplankton diversity effects on communities’ resource use efficiency and biomass’ is one of those shortlisted for the award. ⭐️About me: between South…

2022 Harper Prize Shortlist: Early Career Research Award

The Harper Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Journal of Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2022 award (published in Volume 110): ⭐️Heath Beckett: Pathways of savannization in a mesic African savanna–forest mosaic following an extreme fire⭐️Kerissa Fuccillo Battle: Citizen science across two centuries…

Londiwe Mokoena: A grass tussock in a savanna: My journey in occupying space in the world of ecology

For Black History Month, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. The theme for UK Black History Month this year is Time for Change: Action Not Words. Londiwe Mokoena—a postgraduate student at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa—shares her story…

Elisabeth Ward – Harper Prize Shortlist

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2021 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Elisabeth Ward’s article ‘Ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the relationship between tree mycorrhizal dominance and soil carbon and nitrogen‘ was one of those shortlisted for the award. ⭐️About…

Paula Berenstecher – Harper Prize Shortlist

Throughout April, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2021 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Paula Berenstecher et al.’s article ‘Worlds apart: Location above- or below-ground determines plant litter decomposition in a semi-arid Patagonian steppe‘ was one of those shortlisted for this…