Community Ecology journal

18/12/2024

📄 New paper is published about how predators ( & ) affect the temporal activity of ( , , ) in the presence of human in a temperate forest. 🦊🐗🦌

🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-024-00225-2

The link between large- and middle-sized mammals in forest habitat is understudied in Central Europe; meanwhile these animals could have important effects on their habitats. In our study, we analysed camera trapping data obtained from May 2015 to September 2021 on 29 different sites in a temperate f...

11/12/2024

🏔 ecosystems are highly impacted by ; thus studying their relationship with environmental factors can help to predict their vulnerability and future change.

In a newly published paper, Thapliyal et al. investigated how climatic, edaphic and topographic conditions affect and in the high-altitude alpine regions of the .
🔗 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-024-00224-3

In the present era of accelerating climate change, a comprehensive understanding of the distribution patterns of plant communities and their driving factors is pivotal in ecological studies. In view of this, the present research assessed species diversity and composition patterns in the alpine regio...

04/12/2024

📖 Read a new editorial summary about the previous Community Ecology conference and the related published papers here:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-024-00221-6

📅 Then join us for the 5th Conference on Community Ecology in next September! Abstract submission deadline is March 3️⃣1️⃣ ❗❗
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A collection of papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Community Ecology.(4th ComEc, Trieste, Italy) is presented.

27/11/2024

New paper about soil seed bank of wet grasslands: 🌾

https://rdcu.be/d1wci

👉 Species richness & seed density are decreasing with depth, but an unexpectedly high number of viable seeds were found even in 50–70 cm depth,
👉 Seeds in the deeper soil layers do not show morphological specializations for dispersal, have lower water requirements and higher mass
👉 Restoration cannot rely solely on the local seed banks as they do not represent the full species pool


Orsi Valkó Deák Balázs Kiss Réka Lendület Seed Ecology Research Group Ágnes Tóth Andras Kelemen Lukács Katalin Zoltán Bátori

18/11/2024

REGISTRATION and abstract submission to the 5th International Conference on Community Ecology is OPEN now! ✍️ ‼️
https://akcongress.com/comec/

Important dates:
31 March 2025 - Early bird / Author registration deadline
31 March 2025 - Abstract submission deadline
10 August 2025 - Standard registration deadline

Topics:
👉 Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
👉 Patterns of species richness and diversity
👉 Ecological networks and food webs
👉 Effects of global change
👉 Conservation biology
👉 Macroecology
👉 Statistical ecology
👉 Resilience, stability and health of ecological communities
👉 Ecosystem services

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13/11/2024

A new paper about ant-plant interaction networks is published! 🐜 🌳

Cuautle et al. found that anthropogenic and seasonal resource shifts simplify these , potentially affecting ecosystem functioning. Click the link for the details!

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-024-00222-5

The diversity of interspecific interactions is a key part of biodiversity, but its response to anthropogenic disturbance and seasonal changes remains poorly understood. We explored the effects of habitat disturbance (from oak forest to induced pasture) and seasonality (dry vs. rainy) on the alpha di...

05/11/2024

Published online!

Štokmane et al. present a case study about how techniques can support in-situ sampling in mapping the of species. Check the paper here:

Arthropods are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. In recent decades, however, the declining of arthropods is becoming more widespread, emphasizing the need for conservation actions aimed at preserving these organisms. Though, in order to design meaningful conservation strategies, consi...

08/10/2024

A new paper is out now!
Vascotto et al. focused on the trophodynamics of communities in a coastal ecosystem of the using data such as biomass, size and shape of phytoplankton taxa.

The study emphasizes the role of local freshwater source in bottom-up control, the importance of nano- and microphytoplankton size classes and the role of in destabilizing the food webs. It suggests that the analyses of individual cell size and biomass distribution types can be appropriate for detecting ecological processes leading to phytoplankton blooms or trophic web stability.

Trait-based ecology has recently gained increasing importance in phytoplankton research. In particular, the taxonomic and morphological traits, such as size and shape of phytoplankton cells, can help to unveil the ecological processes and their drivers in the pelagic domain. Our study aims to shed l...

30/09/2024

An extreme example of the transfer of essential biochemicals in ecosystems is the transference of acquired phototrophy. More than 250 species of marine exploit acquired phototrophy, but the Teleaulax-Mesodinium-Dinophysis (TMD) trinity is the most studied complex.
In a recently published paper, A. Mitra explored how the transmission dynamics of acquired phototrophy affects the success of the TMD-trinity under different N:P ratios and loadings (eutrophic, mesotrophic, oligotrophic).
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-024-00202-9

Transfers of energy and nutrients from producers to consumers are fundamental to ecosystem structure and functioning. A common example is the transfer of essential amino acids and fatty acids, produced by phototrophs, up through successive trophic levels. A highly specialised example is the transmis...

19/09/2024

Mountain grasslands are threatened by shrub encroachment worldwide. Two recently published papers in Community Ecology aimed to study this process:

Hua et. al. investigated the role of neighbouring shrub density and topography as potential drivers of shrub encroachment in New Zealand (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-024-00208-3),

while Gxasheka & Dlamini focused on the role of slope aspect on the density and structure (i.e., height, stem number, crown area) of an encroaching shrub species (Euryops foribundus) in communal grazing sites located at varying distances from rural homesteads in South Africa. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42974-024-00182-w)

18/09/2024

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