Author Qianna Xu provides further insights for their new research article, which explores the impacts of nitrogen and water levels on plant community composition. Recently published in Journal of Ecology, Volume 107 Issue 5. This article is part of our latest Special Feature: Is Phylogenetic and Functional Trait Diversity a Driver or a Consequence of…
The cover image for Journal of Ecology’s latest issue was taken by Marina LaForgia. Author of “Functional diversity is a passenger but not driver of drought‐related plant diversity losses in annual grasslands.” First author, Jesse E.D. Miller, gives us more details on the research behind the photo. This article is part of our latest Special…
The latest issue of Journal of Ecology includes a Special Feature guest edited by Nicholas Barber, David Gibson and Holly Jones. Below, Holly discusses the inspiration behind the Special Feature & summarises each of the research articles. When scientists think of healthy ecosystems, they often think of ecosystems that have lots of different species. Diverse ecosystems are more resilient,…
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