Oikos

Oikos Oikos publishes research papers where different aspects (e.g. Papers in the Forum section is given priority in the publication process.

methodological, disciplinary, taxonomical or geographical) of ecology are brought together to create novel insights. Oikos is a journal issued by the Nordic Ecological Society and is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in ecology. Oikos publishes original and innovative research on all aspects of ecology, defined as organism-environment interactions. Emphasis is on theoretical and empirical

work aimed at generalization and synthesis across taxa, systems and ecological disciplines. Papers can contribute to new developments in ecology by reporting novel theory or critical empirical results, and "synthesis" can include developing new theory, tests of general hypotheses, or bringing together established or emerging areas of ecology. Confirming or extending the established literature, by for example showing results that are novel for a new taxon, is given low priority. We publish standard papers and short papers in the Forum section that aim to stimulate discussion by promoting ideas and synthesis of high novelty. Forum papers should strive for novelty, conceptual unification and serve as a point of departure for future work rather than retrospective summaries of established fields or topics.

🥳 Meet Julia Kemppinen, our new Subject Editor from University of Helsinki, Finland! She investigates how plants respond...
19/11/2024

🥳 Meet Julia Kemppinen, our new Subject Editor from University of Helsinki, Finland!

She investigates how plants respond to local temperature, moisture, and snow conditions, and more!

Read her interview to know more about her and her research at https://www.oikosjournal.org/blog/welcome-julia-kemppinen-new-se

Invasive plants grow taller under experimental warming, but mediated effects of biotic interactions are species-specific...
18/11/2024

Invasive plants grow taller under experimental warming, but mediated effects of biotic interactions are species-specific
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10932

📷 Experimental set-up investigating the effects of artificial warming, herbivore exclusion and competition with native plants on non-native species performance
© Katy Ivison

🥳 Meet Karen Abbott, our new Subject Editor from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio! She is currently working on unde...
15/11/2024

🥳 Meet Karen Abbott, our new Subject Editor from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio!

She is currently working on understanding connections between how statistical physicists and ecologists quantify and understand spatial patterns.

Get to know her more at https://www.oikosjournal.org/blog/welcome-karen-abbott-new-se

Assessing weak interaction and threshold effects of the trophic field overlap index on the relationship between species ...
13/11/2024

Assessing weak interaction and threshold effects of the trophic field overlap index on the relationship between species uniqueness and centrality in food webs
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10803

📷 Sampling in eutrophic Zhangze Lake (northern China).
© Ruijing Yang

IPMs of a rare plant's population dynamics show negative density dependence and seed banks are important for persistence...
12/11/2024

IPMs of a rare plant's population dynamics show negative density dependence and seed banks are important for persistence, and provide an analytical framework for rare species demography.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10673

📷 Oenothera coloradensis individuals growing in the foreground in a wet meadow in north central Colorado, USA
© Alice Stears

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Plants dynamics in 51 ponds evidenced the role of ecosystem size, heterogeneity, and functional diversity in the synchro...
11/11/2024

Plants dynamics in 51 ponds evidenced the role of ecosystem size, heterogeneity, and functional diversity in the synchronization and stability of richness and of biomass dynamics.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10843

📷 © Lucía Sosa

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Above- and belowground plant pathogens along elevational gradients: patterns and potential mechanismshttps://doi.org/10....
08/11/2024

Above- and belowground plant pathogens along elevational gradients: patterns and potential mechanisms
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10455

📷 Outbreak of rust disease
© Ziyuan Lin

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Increasing vegetation productivity has driven increases in the Soay sheep population on St Kilda. https://doi.org/10.111...
07/11/2024

Increasing vegetation productivity has driven increases in the Soay sheep population on St Kilda.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10551

📷Censusing sheep numbers on St Kilda involves teams walking fixed routes and using vantage points that allow counting animals on the steep slopes and cliffs surrounding the island.
©Josephine Pemberton

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution Soay Sheep Project

Species diversity promotes facilitation under stressful conditionshttps://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10303📷Field site used for ...
06/11/2024

Species diversity promotes facilitation under stressful conditions
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10303

📷Field site used for studying facilitation between plants during extreme climate conditions
© Alexandre Génin

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Vertebrate grazing can offset impacts of nutrient addition on plant diversity and insect abundance in a semi-natural gra...
05/11/2024

Vertebrate grazing can offset impacts of nutrient addition on plant diversity and insect abundance in a semi-natural grassland
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10422

📷© Annika Vermaat

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

High rates of nectar depletion in summer grasslands indicate competitive conditions for pollinatorshttps://doi.org/10.11...
29/10/2024

High rates of nectar depletion in summer grasslands indicate competitive conditions for pollinators
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10495

📷 A drought-stricken flower of Centaurea scabiosa from which a dead butterfly (Melanargia sp.) dangles in a spider's web. During periods of floral resource scarcity, both flower-visitors and their predators become concentrated on remaining flowers, like dry-season waterholes in the savanna.
© Douglas B. Sponsler

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

New study reveals unique thermoregulatory strategies of ground-foraging insectivorous birds in tropical rainforests. Log...
28/10/2024

New study reveals unique thermoregulatory strategies of ground-foraging insectivorous birds in tropical rainforests. Logger data shows species-specific responses to temperature and rainfall. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10554

📷Tag closeup on Ferruginous-backed Antbird (Myrmoderus ferrugineus)
© Vitek Jirinec

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Scottish mountain hares do not respond behaviorally to increased camouflage mismatchhttps://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10834📷 ©...
24/10/2024

Scottish mountain hares do not respond behaviorally to increased camouflage mismatch
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10834

📷 © Marketa Zimova

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Direct effect of artificial warming on communities is stronger than its indirect effect through body mass reductionhttps...
23/10/2024

Direct effect of artificial warming on communities is stronger than its indirect effect through body mass reduction
https://vist.ly/3mjkabn

📷The outdoor freshwater mesocosms used in the study
© Simon Bazin

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Tropical forest fragment size, area, and avian diet breadth influence mutualistic interactions after fragment isolationh...
22/10/2024

Tropical forest fragment size, area, and avian diet breadth influence mutualistic interactions after fragment isolation
https://vist.ly/3mjhmxq

📷 Blue-wrowned motmot
© Emilia Roberts

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

The irreplaceable role of surviving megafauna in long-distance seed dispersal: evidence from an experiment with Neotropi...
21/10/2024

The irreplaceable role of surviving megafauna in long-distance seed dispersal: evidence from an experiment with Neotropical mammals
https://vist.ly/3mjezjp

📷The lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), a megafaunal survivor and prominent seed disperser species in the Neotropics
© Emilio White

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Scavenging and social interaction of an apex avian scavenger is governed by bioregional and seasonal variationhttps://vi...
17/10/2024

Scavenging and social interaction of an apex avian scavenger is governed by bioregional and seasonal variation
https://vist.ly/3mj4g3p

📷: Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax)
© Niraj Meisuria

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

🦜🌱Estimated missing interactions change the structure and alter species roles in one of the world's largest seed-dispers...
16/10/2024

🦜🌱Estimated missing interactions change the structure and alter species roles in one of the world's largest seed-dispersal networks.
https://vist.ly/3miztpn

📷 Black-fronted piping guan (Aburria jacutinga) - © Mathias Pires

Nordic Society Oikos Wiley Ecology & Evolution

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