Journal of Ecology
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Journal of Ecology, A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal, publishing original plant ecology research for a global audience
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🏆We are pleased to announce that our Eminent Ecologist for 2025 is Angela Moles!
✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5
✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5
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Growth phenology of forest understorey herbs shifts under global change: warming advances growth, light and nitrogen addition delay it, and agricultural land-use legacy has mixed effects. Tracking these changes is key to understanding forest communities🌳
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Growth phenology of forest understorey herbs shifts under global change: warming advances growth, light and nitrogen addition delay it, and agricultural land-use legacy has mixed effects. Tracking these changes is key to understanding forest communities🌳
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December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Growth phenology of forest understorey herbs shifts under global change: warming advances growth, light and nitrogen addition delay it, and agricultural land-use legacy has mixed effects. Tracking these changes is key to understanding forest communities🌳
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Growth phenology of forest understorey herbs shifts under global change: warming advances growth, light and nitrogen addition delay it, and agricultural land-use legacy has mixed effects. Tracking these changes is key to understanding forest communities🌳
Read here:
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There is a long-held belief that ECM fungi suppress litter decomposition temperate pine forests (the Gadgil effect). However, in a cross site trenching experiment roots and ECM fungi either increase or do not affect pine litter decomposition🍄 🌳
Read more:https://buff.ly/RgEvew3
There is a long-held belief that ECM fungi suppress litter decomposition temperate pine forests (the Gadgil effect). However, in a cross site trenching experiment roots and ECM fungi either increase or do not affect pine litter decomposition🍄 🌳
Read more:https://buff.ly/RgEvew3
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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There is a long-held belief that ECM fungi suppress litter decomposition temperate pine forests (the Gadgil effect). However, in a cross site trenching experiment roots and ECM fungi either increase or do not affect pine litter decomposition🍄 🌳
Read more:https://buff.ly/RgEvew3
There is a long-held belief that ECM fungi suppress litter decomposition temperate pine forests (the Gadgil effect). However, in a cross site trenching experiment roots and ECM fungi either increase or do not affect pine litter decomposition🍄 🌳
Read more:https://buff.ly/RgEvew3
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Population loss of a key foundation species at its trailing range edge will have significant impacts on temperate rocky shore communities on both wave-exposed and sheltered shores🌊
Read more:https://buff.ly/mZttcjw
Population loss of a key foundation species at its trailing range edge will have significant impacts on temperate rocky shore communities on both wave-exposed and sheltered shores🌊
Read more:https://buff.ly/mZttcjw
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Population loss of a key foundation species at its trailing range edge will have significant impacts on temperate rocky shore communities on both wave-exposed and sheltered shores🌊
Read more:https://buff.ly/mZttcjw
Population loss of a key foundation species at its trailing range edge will have significant impacts on temperate rocky shore communities on both wave-exposed and sheltered shores🌊
Read more:https://buff.ly/mZttcjw
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Spring budburst partially aligns with functional trait frameworks, providing new insight into how forest communities may alter growth strategies with shifts in phenology🌸 🌺 🌷
Read more:https://buff.ly/9jNs5VF
Spring budburst partially aligns with functional trait frameworks, providing new insight into how forest communities may alter growth strategies with shifts in phenology🌸 🌺 🌷
Read more:https://buff.ly/9jNs5VF
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Spring budburst partially aligns with functional trait frameworks, providing new insight into how forest communities may alter growth strategies with shifts in phenology🌸 🌺 🌷
Read more:https://buff.ly/9jNs5VF
Spring budburst partially aligns with functional trait frameworks, providing new insight into how forest communities may alter growth strategies with shifts in phenology🌸 🌺 🌷
Read more:https://buff.ly/9jNs5VF
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Plants have remarkably wide thermal tolerance breadth. By measuring both heat and cold tolerance in 69 diverse species from 3 contrasting biomes in the field, we revealed associations between physiological tolerance and local climate factors🏔️
Read more:https://buff.ly/i5DcHsY
Plants have remarkably wide thermal tolerance breadth. By measuring both heat and cold tolerance in 69 diverse species from 3 contrasting biomes in the field, we revealed associations between physiological tolerance and local climate factors🏔️
Read more:https://buff.ly/i5DcHsY
December 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Plants have remarkably wide thermal tolerance breadth. By measuring both heat and cold tolerance in 69 diverse species from 3 contrasting biomes in the field, we revealed associations between physiological tolerance and local climate factors🏔️
Read more:https://buff.ly/i5DcHsY
Plants have remarkably wide thermal tolerance breadth. By measuring both heat and cold tolerance in 69 diverse species from 3 contrasting biomes in the field, we revealed associations between physiological tolerance and local climate factors🏔️
Read more:https://buff.ly/i5DcHsY
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Earlier snowmelt in montane meadows may increase the carbon sink by 22%, with the strongest effect in the early spring, diminishing as the growing season progresses. Early spring increases in graminoid abundance drive productivity increases❄️🌸
Read more:https://buff.ly/bswt87w
Earlier snowmelt in montane meadows may increase the carbon sink by 22%, with the strongest effect in the early spring, diminishing as the growing season progresses. Early spring increases in graminoid abundance drive productivity increases❄️🌸
Read more:https://buff.ly/bswt87w
December 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Earlier snowmelt in montane meadows may increase the carbon sink by 22%, with the strongest effect in the early spring, diminishing as the growing season progresses. Early spring increases in graminoid abundance drive productivity increases❄️🌸
Read more:https://buff.ly/bswt87w
Earlier snowmelt in montane meadows may increase the carbon sink by 22%, with the strongest effect in the early spring, diminishing as the growing season progresses. Early spring increases in graminoid abundance drive productivity increases❄️🌸
Read more:https://buff.ly/bswt87w
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Invasive Solidago favours the pollination of native species with similar flowers and reduces that of dissimilar natives. Vegetative density (not floral density) drives these impacts, stressing the role of the vegetation 3D structure in pollination🐝 🌸
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Invasive Solidago favours the pollination of native species with similar flowers and reduces that of dissimilar natives. Vegetative density (not floral density) drives these impacts, stressing the role of the vegetation 3D structure in pollination🐝 🌸
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December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Invasive Solidago favours the pollination of native species with similar flowers and reduces that of dissimilar natives. Vegetative density (not floral density) drives these impacts, stressing the role of the vegetation 3D structure in pollination🐝 🌸
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Invasive Solidago favours the pollination of native species with similar flowers and reduces that of dissimilar natives. Vegetative density (not floral density) drives these impacts, stressing the role of the vegetation 3D structure in pollination🐝 🌸
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Urban habitat diversity has driven adaptive divergence in functional traits among rural and urban populations of Commelina communis🏙️ 🏔️
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Urban habitat diversity has driven adaptive divergence in functional traits among rural and urban populations of Commelina communis🏙️ 🏔️
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December 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Urban habitat diversity has driven adaptive divergence in functional traits among rural and urban populations of Commelina communis🏙️ 🏔️
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Urban habitat diversity has driven adaptive divergence in functional traits among rural and urban populations of Commelina communis🏙️ 🏔️
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These findings highlight the overlooked but important role of foliar microbial communities in shaping plant responses to global change and suggest that microbial regulation may become increasingly influential in future ecosystems🦠🧪 🌱
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These findings highlight the overlooked but important role of foliar microbial communities in shaping plant responses to global change and suggest that microbial regulation may become increasingly influential in future ecosystems🦠🧪 🌱
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December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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These findings highlight the overlooked but important role of foliar microbial communities in shaping plant responses to global change and suggest that microbial regulation may become increasingly influential in future ecosystems🦠🧪 🌱
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These findings highlight the overlooked but important role of foliar microbial communities in shaping plant responses to global change and suggest that microbial regulation may become increasingly influential in future ecosystems🦠🧪 🌱
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🌱 Delve deeper into the ecology of soil with "The Ecology of Soil: From communities to ecosystems", a fascinating new book release from our Executive Editor Richard Bardgett!
🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW
🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🌱 Delve deeper into the ecology of soil with "The Ecology of Soil: From communities to ecosystems", a fascinating new book release from our Executive Editor Richard Bardgett!
🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW
🪱 Read more: buff.ly/6A4abeW
🏆We are pleased to announce that our Eminent Ecologist for 2025 is Angela Moles!
✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5
✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🏆We are pleased to announce that our Eminent Ecologist for 2025 is Angela Moles!
✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5
✨Angela has collected a few of her favourite Journal of Ecology papers together here: buff.ly/86uQ6v5
Published!📖
The relationships between plants and soils in forests are shaped by dominant overstory trees and the density and composition of understory trees. These findings may help predict how shifts in forest composition affect biogeochemical cycling🌳🧪
Read more:https://buff.ly/htQcfPQ.
The relationships between plants and soils in forests are shaped by dominant overstory trees and the density and composition of understory trees. These findings may help predict how shifts in forest composition affect biogeochemical cycling🌳🧪
Read more:https://buff.ly/htQcfPQ.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Published!📖
The relationships between plants and soils in forests are shaped by dominant overstory trees and the density and composition of understory trees. These findings may help predict how shifts in forest composition affect biogeochemical cycling🌳🧪
Read more:https://buff.ly/htQcfPQ.
The relationships between plants and soils in forests are shaped by dominant overstory trees and the density and composition of understory trees. These findings may help predict how shifts in forest composition affect biogeochemical cycling🌳🧪
Read more:https://buff.ly/htQcfPQ.
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Our results suggest that stand age and regional climate are determinants of growth-functional traits relationships, suggesting that mixing trees with longer growth cycles and acquisitive species will be beneficial for long-term C sequestration🌲🌳
Read the article: buff.ly/H0f5FIm
Our results suggest that stand age and regional climate are determinants of growth-functional traits relationships, suggesting that mixing trees with longer growth cycles and acquisitive species will be beneficial for long-term C sequestration🌲🌳
Read the article: buff.ly/H0f5FIm
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December 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Our results suggest that stand age and regional climate are determinants of growth-functional traits relationships, suggesting that mixing trees with longer growth cycles and acquisitive species will be beneficial for long-term C sequestration🌲🌳
Read the article: buff.ly/H0f5FIm
Our results suggest that stand age and regional climate are determinants of growth-functional traits relationships, suggesting that mixing trees with longer growth cycles and acquisitive species will be beneficial for long-term C sequestration🌲🌳
Read the article: buff.ly/H0f5FIm
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How does milkweed phenology in the USA respond to temperature and precipitation variation? Different phenophases respond differently and species traits suggest patterns. Using an observation-only dataset, we detected local adaptation in phenology🔆
Read more: buff.ly/ugYe6X6
How does milkweed phenology in the USA respond to temperature and precipitation variation? Different phenophases respond differently and species traits suggest patterns. Using an observation-only dataset, we detected local adaptation in phenology🔆
Read more: buff.ly/ugYe6X6
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December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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How does milkweed phenology in the USA respond to temperature and precipitation variation? Different phenophases respond differently and species traits suggest patterns. Using an observation-only dataset, we detected local adaptation in phenology🔆
Read more: buff.ly/ugYe6X6
How does milkweed phenology in the USA respond to temperature and precipitation variation? Different phenophases respond differently and species traits suggest patterns. Using an observation-only dataset, we detected local adaptation in phenology🔆
Read more: buff.ly/ugYe6X6
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Attending the #BES2025 annual meeting in Edinburgh next week? Come join our workshop on "How to get published", together with the @britishecologicalsociety.org and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social . Or why not stop by our exhibitor's table for a chat and some free swag?
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Attending the #BES2025 annual meeting in Edinburgh next week? Come join our workshop on "How to get published", together with the @britishecologicalsociety.org and the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social . Or why not stop by our exhibitor's table for a chat and some free swag?
Published!📖
This study showed that the soil animal community living in the litter, known as a so-called “house made of food,” was more strongly determined by litter traits related to habitat provisioning functions than by the traits explaining food quality🐜 🌿
Read more:https://buff.ly/CTRCuCo
This study showed that the soil animal community living in the litter, known as a so-called “house made of food,” was more strongly determined by litter traits related to habitat provisioning functions than by the traits explaining food quality🐜 🌿
Read more:https://buff.ly/CTRCuCo
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Published!📖
This study showed that the soil animal community living in the litter, known as a so-called “house made of food,” was more strongly determined by litter traits related to habitat provisioning functions than by the traits explaining food quality🐜 🌿
Read more:https://buff.ly/CTRCuCo
This study showed that the soil animal community living in the litter, known as a so-called “house made of food,” was more strongly determined by litter traits related to habitat provisioning functions than by the traits explaining food quality🐜 🌿
Read more:https://buff.ly/CTRCuCo
📖 Published!
Trees help break down dead plant material, but not all forests work the same! We found that tree mix and local conditions both matter, especially in cooler, wetter places and forests with conifers. Diversity helps, but context is key! 🌍🌳
Read here:https://buff.ly/YLUFQcD
Trees help break down dead plant material, but not all forests work the same! We found that tree mix and local conditions both matter, especially in cooler, wetter places and forests with conifers. Diversity helps, but context is key! 🌍🌳
Read here:https://buff.ly/YLUFQcD
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📖 Published!
Trees help break down dead plant material, but not all forests work the same! We found that tree mix and local conditions both matter, especially in cooler, wetter places and forests with conifers. Diversity helps, but context is key! 🌍🌳
Read here:https://buff.ly/YLUFQcD
Trees help break down dead plant material, but not all forests work the same! We found that tree mix and local conditions both matter, especially in cooler, wetter places and forests with conifers. Diversity helps, but context is key! 🌍🌳
Read here:https://buff.ly/YLUFQcD
📖 Published!
We show the correlation between fine root traits and soil microbial communities in a tropical forest common garden🦠 🌿 🌷
Read more here:https://buff.ly/zn87fPy
We show the correlation between fine root traits and soil microbial communities in a tropical forest common garden🦠 🌿 🌷
Read more here:https://buff.ly/zn87fPy
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📖 Published!
We show the correlation between fine root traits and soil microbial communities in a tropical forest common garden🦠 🌿 🌷
Read more here:https://buff.ly/zn87fPy
We show the correlation between fine root traits and soil microbial communities in a tropical forest common garden🦠 🌿 🌷
Read more here:https://buff.ly/zn87fPy
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In a forest field experiment, we show that, at small-scale, increased nutrient availability consistently alters root traits of Vaccinium myrtillus while nutrient heterogeneity only increased trait variation in phosphatase activity🌳 🏔️ 🌲
Read here:https://buff.ly/sy2DkDe
In a forest field experiment, we show that, at small-scale, increased nutrient availability consistently alters root traits of Vaccinium myrtillus while nutrient heterogeneity only increased trait variation in phosphatase activity🌳 🏔️ 🌲
Read here:https://buff.ly/sy2DkDe
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Published!📖
In a forest field experiment, we show that, at small-scale, increased nutrient availability consistently alters root traits of Vaccinium myrtillus while nutrient heterogeneity only increased trait variation in phosphatase activity🌳 🏔️ 🌲
Read here:https://buff.ly/sy2DkDe
In a forest field experiment, we show that, at small-scale, increased nutrient availability consistently alters root traits of Vaccinium myrtillus while nutrient heterogeneity only increased trait variation in phosphatase activity🌳 🏔️ 🌲
Read here:https://buff.ly/sy2DkDe
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Forest structural and functional diversity can attenuate forest productivity losses after harvesting and fires. In undisturbed forests, dominance boosts productivity via selection effects, but not after harvesting🌳🌲🌍
Read here:https://buff.ly/Gw5Hq6X
Forest structural and functional diversity can attenuate forest productivity losses after harvesting and fires. In undisturbed forests, dominance boosts productivity via selection effects, but not after harvesting🌳🌲🌍
Read here:https://buff.ly/Gw5Hq6X
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Published!📖
Forest structural and functional diversity can attenuate forest productivity losses after harvesting and fires. In undisturbed forests, dominance boosts productivity via selection effects, but not after harvesting🌳🌲🌍
Read here:https://buff.ly/Gw5Hq6X
Forest structural and functional diversity can attenuate forest productivity losses after harvesting and fires. In undisturbed forests, dominance boosts productivity via selection effects, but not after harvesting🌳🌲🌍
Read here:https://buff.ly/Gw5Hq6X
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Indirect plant-plant interactions via shared pollinators are widespread and shaped by both neutral and niche processes—boosting network stability and supporting biodiversity in alpine ecosystems🌲 🐝 🏔️
Read here:https://buff.ly/KUWAwX7
Indirect plant-plant interactions via shared pollinators are widespread and shaped by both neutral and niche processes—boosting network stability and supporting biodiversity in alpine ecosystems🌲 🐝 🏔️
Read here:https://buff.ly/KUWAwX7
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Indirect plant-plant interactions via shared pollinators are widespread and shaped by both neutral and niche processes—boosting network stability and supporting biodiversity in alpine ecosystems🌲 🐝 🏔️
Read here:https://buff.ly/KUWAwX7
Indirect plant-plant interactions via shared pollinators are widespread and shaped by both neutral and niche processes—boosting network stability and supporting biodiversity in alpine ecosystems🌲 🐝 🏔️
Read here:https://buff.ly/KUWAwX7
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N deposition reduces atmospheric drought within ecosystems by promoting growth and plant traits, but carbon dioxide regulates stomatal behavior, reduces evapotranspiration, and increases atmospheric drought☁️ 🔆
Read more:https://buff.ly/xgTFCtv
N deposition reduces atmospheric drought within ecosystems by promoting growth and plant traits, but carbon dioxide regulates stomatal behavior, reduces evapotranspiration, and increases atmospheric drought☁️ 🔆
Read more:https://buff.ly/xgTFCtv
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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N deposition reduces atmospheric drought within ecosystems by promoting growth and plant traits, but carbon dioxide regulates stomatal behavior, reduces evapotranspiration, and increases atmospheric drought☁️ 🔆
Read more:https://buff.ly/xgTFCtv
N deposition reduces atmospheric drought within ecosystems by promoting growth and plant traits, but carbon dioxide regulates stomatal behavior, reduces evapotranspiration, and increases atmospheric drought☁️ 🔆
Read more:https://buff.ly/xgTFCtv
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Bryophyte spore seasons are shifting! Using 35 years of airborne eDNA from Kiruna, Sweden, we found that many taxa now disperse spores up to 6 weeks earlier. Warmer autumns may trigger earlier maturation the following season🧬❄️ 🌍
Read more:https://buff.ly/vJOetT8
Bryophyte spore seasons are shifting! Using 35 years of airborne eDNA from Kiruna, Sweden, we found that many taxa now disperse spores up to 6 weeks earlier. Warmer autumns may trigger earlier maturation the following season🧬❄️ 🌍
Read more:https://buff.ly/vJOetT8
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Published!📖
Bryophyte spore seasons are shifting! Using 35 years of airborne eDNA from Kiruna, Sweden, we found that many taxa now disperse spores up to 6 weeks earlier. Warmer autumns may trigger earlier maturation the following season🧬❄️ 🌍
Read more:https://buff.ly/vJOetT8
Bryophyte spore seasons are shifting! Using 35 years of airborne eDNA from Kiruna, Sweden, we found that many taxa now disperse spores up to 6 weeks earlier. Warmer autumns may trigger earlier maturation the following season🧬❄️ 🌍
Read more:https://buff.ly/vJOetT8
⛰️ The December issue is out now! 👉 buff.ly/afZRMKl
🌿 The cover image shows wind-driven heather spatial patterns on Bynack More, Cairngorms, Scotland. Image credit: Angeles G. Mayor. Read more: buff.ly/Igbst0s
🌿 The cover image shows wind-driven heather spatial patterns on Bynack More, Cairngorms, Scotland. Image credit: Angeles G. Mayor. Read more: buff.ly/Igbst0s
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
⛰️ The December issue is out now! 👉 buff.ly/afZRMKl
🌿 The cover image shows wind-driven heather spatial patterns on Bynack More, Cairngorms, Scotland. Image credit: Angeles G. Mayor. Read more: buff.ly/Igbst0s
🌿 The cover image shows wind-driven heather spatial patterns on Bynack More, Cairngorms, Scotland. Image credit: Angeles G. Mayor. Read more: buff.ly/Igbst0s
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We have a new article type!! 🚨 🌍 🧪
Workflow articles will describe the design testing, and analysis of the performance of complex workflows.
Find our more about workflow articles in our new blog post and in our authors guidelines.
Blog post 👉 buff.ly/R7vcuqT
Author guidelines 👉 buff.ly/VUfAt3x
Workflow articles will describe the design testing, and analysis of the performance of complex workflows.
Find our more about workflow articles in our new blog post and in our authors guidelines.
Blog post 👉 buff.ly/R7vcuqT
Author guidelines 👉 buff.ly/VUfAt3x
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We have a new article type!! 🚨 🌍 🧪
Workflow articles will describe the design testing, and analysis of the performance of complex workflows.
Find our more about workflow articles in our new blog post and in our authors guidelines.
Blog post 👉 buff.ly/R7vcuqT
Author guidelines 👉 buff.ly/VUfAt3x
Workflow articles will describe the design testing, and analysis of the performance of complex workflows.
Find our more about workflow articles in our new blog post and in our authors guidelines.
Blog post 👉 buff.ly/R7vcuqT
Author guidelines 👉 buff.ly/VUfAt3x