Tree species diversity increases root productivity
Brian Brassard and company have a paper in the Journal in volume 101:1 titled “Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling”. Read the abstract here.
Plant apparency drives associational resistance to insect herbivory
Castagneyrol and company have a paper in the Journal in Early View titled “Plant apparency, an overlooked driver of associational resistance to insect herbivory”. Read the paper here. The authors have provided a short synopsis of the paper and a few photos.
Interview with Sandra Lavorel on plant functional effects on ecosystem services
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Sandra Lavorel, from Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, on the recently published special feature in the journal that she organized on plant functional effects on ecosystem services. This interview took place over Skype on 10 December, 2012. Check out the special feature here (and they are free to…
[EcoGist]: Mechanisms behind the species richness-productivity relationship
In our fourth podcast in the EcoGist series, Irena Šímová of Charles University in Prague describes her paper on the relationship between species richness and productivity in plants. Read the paper in the journal here. The paper is free to access, as it is part of the first issue of 2013 (101:1) which is open access. Follow this link to…
Editor’s Choice 101:2
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,…
Interview with Tom Ezard, on maternal effects and fitness
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Tom Ezard, from the University of Southampton, on why negative maternal effects maximize fitness in relatively stable environments. This interview took place over Skype on 19 December, 2012. Follow this link to the podcast on Souncloud, or use the Soundcloud widget below. Find the podcast on Soundcloud here, or search for “Journal…
Interview with Frederic Barraquand on maths education in ecology
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Frederic Barraquand, a postdoc at the University of Tromsø. This interview took place at the BES Annual Meeting in Birmingham, UK on 19 December, 2012. BES podcasts are being collated in one place: Soundcloud. Follow this link to the podcast on Souncloud, or use the Soundcloud widget below. Find the podcast…
New Journal of Ecology Editor – Amy Austin
Introducing – Amy Austin A quick note to introduce myself, Amy Austin, as I have just joined the clan at Journal of Ecology as an Editor starting in January. After having been invited to join as an Associate Editor for the Journal two years ago, I have to say that this group has been so…
Interview with the leader of INNGE, Peter Jørgensen
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Peter Jørgensen, the leader of the International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists (INNGE), about INNGE. This interview took place over Skype on 22 November, 2012. All BES podcasts are now being collated in one place: Soundcloud. Follow this link to the podcast on Souncloud, or use the Soundcloud widget below. Find the…
Interview with Mark Hahnel of Figshare
In the next Journal of Ecology podcast I interview Mark Hahnel of Figshare about Figshare and data sharing. This interview took place on in the Figshare office in London on 21 December, 2012. All BES podcasts are now being collated in one place: Soundcloud. Follow this link to the podcast on Souncloud. Find the podcast on Soundcloud here,…
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