Kacper Foremnik, Department of Forest Biodiversity of the University of Agriculture in Krakow in Poland, discusses his article: Century-long trends in plant diversity of temperate mountain vegetation are modulated along elevation gradient One hundred years ago, a group of outstanding researchers carried out pioneering phytosociological surveys in the Polish part of the Tatra Mountains. At…
Maria Lucrecia Lipoma and Sandra Díaz discuss their recent Journal of Ecology paper ‘Low resilience at the early stages of recovery of the semiarid Chaco forest ‐ Evidence from a field experiment‘. Find out more about the insights they gained into the mechanistic understanding of resilience and how it can be used to better design…
Estelle Raveloaritiana is a Malagsy ecologist, currently studying in Germany. Her research aims to discover how land-use change affects plant diversity in Madagascar. Estelle emphasises the importance of considering and consulting local communities when conducting ecological research. Estelle’s post is part of the BES journal’s Black History Month blog series, which will be taking place throughout…
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