2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Siyuan Wang’s article ‘Lianas have a faster resource acquisition strategy than trees: Below-ground evidence from root traits, phylogeny and the root economics space‘ is…
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 2023 award (published in Volume 111): ⭐️ Chenhui Chang: Reciprocal bark exchange helps to disentangle tree species-dependent bark and wood trait effects on invertebrate diversity⭐️ Yikang Cheng: Divergent…
We’re delighted to announce that the winner of the 2022 Harper Prize is Angela Illuminati! The Harper Prize is awarded annually for the best paper published in the journal by an early career researcher. Winner: Angela Illuminati Research: Coordination between water uptake depth and the leaf economic spectrum in a Mediterranean shrubland In this blog post, we ask…
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. Kerissa Fuccillo Battle et al.’s article ‘Citizen science across two centuries reveals phenological change among plant species and functional groups in the Northeastern US‘ is one of those…
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. Jules Segrestin’s article ‘Towards a better ecological understanding of metacommunity stability: A multiscale framework to disentangle population variability and synchrony effects‘ is one of those shortlisted for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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