Issue 102:2 of the Journal will be online very soon. The Editor’s Choice paper from this issue is “Probabilistic and spatially variable niches inferred from demography” by Diez et al. Editor’s Choice 102:2 Why do we find a species in some sites but not in others? Niche theory hypothesizes that a species’ distribution is governed by…
The Editor’s Choice paper from issue 102:1 of the Journal is The phenology–substrate-match hypothesis explains decomposition rates of evergreen and deciduous oak leaves by Pearse, Cobb & Karban. Read Associate Editor Rien Aerts’ commentary on the paper below. Editor’s Choice 102:1 Litter decomposition is the major pathway of energy and biomass transfer in most terrestrial ecosystems and…
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…
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…
We are pleased to announce that the Editor’s Choice paper from the next issue of Journal of Ecology is “Recolonizing wolves trigger a trophic cascade in Wisconsin (USA)” by Callan et al. Read the commentary below written by Journal of Ecology Associate Editor Charles Canham. Editor’s Choice 101:4 While loss of top predators is a…
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…
We are pleased to announce that the next Editor’s Choice will be The ancient forests of La Gomera, Canary Islands, and their sensitivity to environmental change by Nogué et al. This paper will be free to access when 101: 2 is published online. Editor’s Choice 101:2 While this Editor’s Choice “The ancient forests of La Gomera,…
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…
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…
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…
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