Kobayashi Makoto and Scott Wilson recently had a mini-review article published in Journal of Ecology about dispersal limitation and primary succession. Makoto tells us more about the article in his blog post below. Ultimately, primary succession starts with the dispersal of propagules on to new substrate (Photo 1). However, little is known about where and…
In this video podcast, Luisa Conti explains how ‘Functional trait differences and trait plasticity mediate biotic resistance to potential plant invaders‘, which is also the title of her recent paper published in Journal of Ecology. Luisa’s video can also be found on the Journal of Ecology YouTube channel (English subtitles available). Luisa Conti is a plant ecologist. She…
Camila Souza and colleagues recently had their paper on plant‐pollinator networks published in Journal of Ecology. Read more about the paper in the blog post below. Many plants depend on pollinators for reproduction, especially in the tropics. The interaction between plants and pollinators in a community form complex networks which may change in structure across…
Cora Skaien and Peter Arcese recently had their paper about spatial variation in the phenotype of seablush published in Journal of Ecology. Cora tells us more about the paper below. Island archipelagos have caught the attention of the biologically inquisitive for centuries, including the classic case of Darwin’s voyage to the Galapagos Island where he…
The European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018 was held in Vienna from April 8 to 13 and Associate Editor Giovanna Battipaglia kindly agreed to share her thoughts and experiences from the meeting below. When you arrive at EGU, you have the feeling that you are in the right place for science! Thousands of scientists and…
Volume 106.3 of Journal of Ecology includes a special feature on intransitive competition and coexistence. The special feature, guest edited by Santi Soliveres and Eric Allan, consists of 6 research articles and an editorial. Santi and Eric tell us more about their special feature below… Whether to see who starts in hide and seek or…
The Editor’s Choice paper for volume 106 issue 3 is a paper on niche occupancy and community assembly by Yuanzhi Li and colleagues. Journal of Ecology Associate Editor Peter Vesk has given his thoughts on the paper below. In the latest issue of Journal of Ecology, Li et al. present an exciting new investigation of…
Volume 106 Issue 3 is now available online! This issue includes a special feature titled ‘Intransitive competition and species coexistence’. Edited by Santiago Soliveres and Eric Allan from the University of Bern, the special feature presents six new studies including models, experimental studies and large-scale observational studies. The studies advance the field by integrating intransitive…
The BES journals have recently started publishing papers which include a second language abstract. One of the first Journal of Ecology papers to do this was “Community‐level flammability declines over 25 years of plant invasion in grasslands” which included a translated abstract in te reo Māori, an indigenous language of New Zealand and one of the country’s…
Our new video podcast brings us below the ocean surface and explores the role of interacting local stressors on algal turf communities, an important driver of coral reef development and survival. This study conducted by Caitlin Fong at the University of California Santa Barbara (USA) and titled ‘Simultaneous synergistic, antagonistic and additive interactions between multiple local…
