Journal of Ecology

19/07/2024

Combining historical plant data & modern technology. Researchers use machine learning to analyse pressed plant images to create a dataset 50x larger than traditional methods, allowing them to explore shifts in traits through evolutionary time 🍂

This image illustrates the initial step to extracting leaf area from a specimen image using a new machine learning method. The authors used this novel method to reveal that the relationship between l...

18/07/2024

Tree species diversity & structure influence land surface phenology in Zambian deciduous woodlands. Detarioideae species are associated with earlier pre-rain green-up & longer growing seasons. Large trees are associated with earlier pre-rain green-up & later senescence:

Tree diversity, composition and structure are co-determinants of seasonal patterns of foliage display in seasonally dry tropical deciduous woodlands, as measured via land surface phenology, at region...

12/07/2024

🌳Tree diversity isn't enough to combat extreme drought, but mixing tree species with diverse mycorrhizal types holds promise for forest restoration in the face of climate change:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

10/07/2024

🐝Research finds contrasting effects of nectar yeasts & insect herbivores on plant-pollinator interactions in a biodiversity hotspot, highlighting the biological context dependence of species interactions in natural ecosystems:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

09/07/2024

🌳Disturbance-mediated declines in canopy tree abundance & increases in soil fertility drive non-native plant invasions in NZ forests. Proximity to anthropogenic land cover favours woody invaders, likely to dominate in the future:

09/07/2024

How does masting affect pollination efficiency & insect predation in old-growth forests? Pesendorfer et al found that both spatial & temporal variation in seed rain can result in economy-of-scale effects on seed fate in European beech, silver fir, & Norway spruce:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

08/07/2024

Why are plant communities stable? Disentangling the role of dominance, asynchrony & averaging effect following realistic species loss scenario:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

08/07/2024

Nutrient enrichment & plant provenance matter for AMF. N enrichment increased AMF richness, due to introduction of exotic plant species & exacerbation of their P-limitation. In contrast, NP- enrichment, decreased AMF richness due to a decrease in host dependence on AMF:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

06/07/2024

Research suggests that a continued growing season extension, at least under the medium warming scenario, would help permafrost-affected meadow ecosystems to mitigate permafrost carbon release:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

05/07/2024

On the blog🔎 Laura Méndez on how extinct megafrugivores shaped Malagasy palm genetics through seed dispersal:

Plants, as sessile organisms, depend on seed dispersal as a crucial mechanism for colonizing new areas. This has driven the evolution of various dispersal strategies in plants, including the develo…

05/07/2024

Root rots, & their interaction with drought, play key roles in forest dynamics at fine spatial scale by creating gaps & preventing closure. Survival of mycorrhizal networks to gap formation suggests little disruption of soil fungal communities:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

05/07/2024

🌱Competition intensity is linked to the co-occurrence status & height differences of plant species found growing together in an old-field community:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

04/07/2024

Gene expression controlling signaling molecules within mutualistic associations of an invasive plant: An evolutionary perspective👇

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

04/07/2024

⭐️This month's Editor's Choice article shows for the first time that the negative effects of microplastic pollution on plant growth increase with the number of microplastic types:

The editor’s choice for our July issue is ‘The more microplastic types pollute the soil, the stronger the growth suppression of invasive alien and native plants‘, by Yanmei Fu et al.: The ecologic…

04/07/2024

📚July issue alert!
On the cover: Dendrobium wangliangii, an epiphytic orchid on its preferred phorophyte Cyclobalanopsis delavayi, taken at the mixed coniferous & deciduous forest in Luquan county, China
📸Dake Zhao

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

02/07/2024

Why time is important in SDM. Zurell et al. review how phenology & demographic stages can affect niche estimates. Explicitly considering temporal components of the niche improve mechanistic understanding:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

28/06/2024

🌳🐭New study explores how yellow-necked mice & common oaks navigate a dynamic mutualism. Species abundance & abiotic stress are critical!

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

26/06/2024

🌱By studying the s*x ratio of natural populations & controlled crosses, Xiaomeng Mao et al. show that female bias in S. herbacea pops is constant & not caused by s*xual dimorphism. Instead, bias likely is present from seed & caused by genetic mechanisms:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

25/06/2024

Similar climate–growth relationships but divergent drought resilience strategies in coexisting Mediterranean shrubs:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

25/06/2024

On the blog🔎
Unraveling the complex interactions in tallgrass prairie ecosystems:

Eric Duell, from the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, discusses his article: ‘Mycorrhizal-herbivore interactions and the competitive release of subdominant tallg…

21/06/2024

🌱Plant-AM fungal symbioses are key drivers of dominance of C4 grasses in the tallgrass prairie, with above- and belowground herbivory being 2 mechanisms for maintenance of plant diversity: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14351

20/06/2024

🍄Fungi & deadwood diversity: A test of the area-heterogeneity trade-off hypothesis https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14352

20/06/2024

👇Check-out our cross-journal virtual issue highlighting papers related to this year's theme:
Biodiversity-Positive by 2030!
🔗https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)9999-0033.ECCB-2024

20/06/2024

🌲As all components of forest productivity contribute to NFP, studies on forest productivity should not only consider survivor growth, but also recruitment & mortality, as they respond differently in terms of biomass changes to climatic variation, according to the trait structure of tree communities:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

20/06/2024

❄️Research documents permafrost thaw rates and plant community succession following permafrost collapse within mid-Boreal to Low Subarctic peat plateaux of the NWT:

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

20/06/2024

On the blog🔎
How cute rodents can be ecologically relevant🐭
Fofos e Ecologicamente Relevantes!

O Papel de Capivaras e ratões-do-banhado em Áreas Úmidas / The Role of Capybaras and Nutrias in Wetlands Capivaras na área de estudo / Capybaras at the study site (Foto: Pedro Hoffmann) Roedores co…

19/06/2024

On the blog🔎
Jaime Moyano discusses the negative impacts of planting trees in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change: https://jecologyblog.com/2024/06/12/jaime-moyano/

18/06/2024

On the blog🔎
Sea Campions: Biological Flora author (& editor) Anthony Davy introduces a fascinating coastal species that offers many more ecological insights than one might imagine!

Biological Flora author (and editor) Anthony Davy introduces a fascinating coastal species that offers many more ecological insights than one might imagine. This account of the Sea Campion (Silene …

13/06/2024

Environmental heterogeneity is important for β-multifunctionality in early successional stages (mainly non-vascular plants), while the importance of β-soil biodiversity becomes more significant in late successional stages (mainly vascular plants): https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14346

12/06/2024

Capybaras & nutrias play vital roles in dispersing aquatic & terrestrial plants in Neotropical wetlands. Research reveals overlooked contributions of large herbivores to ecosystem dynamics👇

Journal of Ecology publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.