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Journal of Ecology, a British Ecological Society journal, publishing original plant ecology research for a global audience
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🔥 This review introduces a novel organismal trait-based conceptual framework to connect the disparate literature about non-additive effects of species combinations on different specific ecosystem processes
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November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🌊Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional β-diversity and its components respond distinctly to nutrients and herbivory in algae. New functional β-diversity metrics, outperforming the conventional ones, will benefit the biodiversity field👇
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🦠Increased N deposition enhanced the pathogen resistance of an invasive plant species over its local congeneric competitor, increasing the competitive ability of this invasive plant over local congener plant and may facilitate its invasion 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🌄Plant community strategies shape carbon storage across Kilimanjaro. Trait trade-offs mediate climate effects on above-ground carbon & soil organic carbon —highlighting the power of functional traits in ecosystem function predictions @dicksonmauki.bsky.social 👇
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November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🌿Drought legacy effects in the soil impact plant growth & plant-soil feedback in grassland communities. These effects are linked to soil bacteria and fungi, but could not be triggered by adding root exudates or root litter from droughted plants 👇
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. 🌨️
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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Join the authors of ‘DNA Divers: Volunteer-based eDNA capture for local and global marine biodiversity monitoring’ for this free online webinar! 🧬 ⭐

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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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🌈 The life of plankton in a rainbow – The spectral quality of light has a significant impact on phytoplankton community dynamics and seston biochemistry with propagating effects to herbivores🔆

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October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🍄 This study highlighted the role of mycorrhizal symbiosis in mediating the strength of conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) and shaping large-scale patterns of local tree species richness🌲

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October 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🌸 Pollination syndromes are more flexible than we thought! Floral trait importance shifts with season and habitat type for different pollinator groups in Caribbean dry forest🐝
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October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🏔️ Using a novel source of abundance data, we forecast population spread across landscapes. Our results suggest that biotic processes likely play a critical, but often underappreciated role in driving range shifts over decadal time-scales🌏

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October 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🪵 Bark and wood traits shape deadwood invertebrates differently. Bark traits drives invertebrate diversity only in fine wood in early stage, whereas wood trait effects are longer-lasting, but restricted to coarse wood🌳

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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🌱 Our study elucidated the intricate interplay between AMF sub-communities and the root economics space (RES) in response to soil fertility gradients, with direct implications for plant productivity🍃

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October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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🌵 Across 9,158 site-level observations, climate modulates leaf trait trade-offs: C4 plants, forbs, and annuals adopt acquisitive strategies, while temperate species favour conservative ones. Global axes of grass trait coordination emerge🌡️

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October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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📖 The requirements for declaring causal interpretations from non-experimental studies have long been obscure and restrictive. This paper illustrates how mechanistic causal knowledge can be summarized and used to support causal interpretations🧪

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October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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🍃 Functional traits best predict tree growth when age and leaf habit are considered–growth relationships shift over time and between deciduous and evergreen species🌿

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October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🔥 A new study shows a higher vulnerability of a fire-adapted subshrub to climate change in anthropogenic Mediterranean habitats, emphasising the need for more demographic studies in human-modified habitats🌊

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October 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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🌳 How do Fabaceae plants allocate nutrients above vs. belowground across China? We found divergent leaf–root nutrient allometries and a dominant role of phylogeny in nutrient variation, except for leaf P & K, which were driven by climate! 🌞

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October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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⭐ A huge congratulations to Ilaria Dentamare, winner of the Journal of Ecology Best Poster Award at the XXXIV National Congress of the Italian Ecological Society! 🏆
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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🍃 Number of leaves explained vital rates best and most homogeneously across 55 populations of Plantago lanceolata across three continents in a size metric selection at large scale 🌿

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October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🪵 Diameter drives short-term biomass gains, but long-term carbon storage hinges on wood density, especially in humid forests. To improve accuracy, biomass models should account for radial wood density variation and climate ☁️

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October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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🌲 Eastern Hemlock is a strikingly beautiful forest tree native to eastern North America. Sadly, it is susceptible to an insect from Japan, the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Warmer winters allow the insect to survive so the outlook for this tree is poor🐛

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October 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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🌞 A large-scale experiment identified a coupled effect between warming magnitude and background climate, highlighting the interactive effects of climate warming and background temperature in regulating leaf-out🍃

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October 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🌿 CSR strategies reflect species' habitat preferences for stress and disturbance, as well as whole-plant traits, offering support for Grime’s hypothesis and highlighting its significance to understanding plant adaptation in the Anthropocene🌲

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October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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🧪 Soil acidification slashes plant carbon to soil by 13-60%! Plants shift strategy: boost root growth, storage & respiration to survive stress. Less carbon enters soil, but SOC stays stable due to lower decomposition #SoilScience #CarbonCycle 🌳

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October 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM