Journal of Ecology
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Journal of Ecology, A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal, publishing original plant ecology research for a global audience
🌲This study demonstrates that hyperdominance at the Amazon-wide scale at which it was defined and is most often considered, cannot be explained by demographic stochasticity among equal competitors 👇
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🌲This study demonstrates that hyperdominance at the Amazon-wide scale at which it was defined and is most often considered, cannot be explained by demographic stochasticity among equal competitors 👇
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We are looking for contributors to our series on the Methods Blog, exploring the experiences of ecologists conducting research in remote field stations during the holiday season 🎄
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November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We are looking for contributors to our series on the Methods Blog, exploring the experiences of ecologists conducting research in remote field stations during the holiday season 🎄
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AER Live – Restoring Resilience: Lessons from the Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project in Durban
The Buffelsdraai Reforestation Project, led by eThekwini Municipality, is one of South Africa’s flagship urban ecosystem restoration initiatives. Begun in 2009 as a carbon-offset initiative, for the…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🕷️Warming increased predator abundance, but only reduced decomposition via trophic cascades at low arthropod diversity. High arthropod diversity weakened top-down effects and maintained detritivore abundance and decomposition👇
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November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🕷️Warming increased predator abundance, but only reduced decomposition via trophic cascades at low arthropod diversity. High arthropod diversity weakened top-down effects and maintained detritivore abundance and decomposition👇
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🌎 6 years of data from Cedar Creek Reserve show that warming consistently reduced plant diversity in grasslands, with stronger and more variable effects than drought—highlighting the need for long-term studies of climate impacts on biodiversity👇
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November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌎 6 years of data from Cedar Creek Reserve show that warming consistently reduced plant diversity in grasslands, with stronger and more variable effects than drought—highlighting the need for long-term studies of climate impacts on biodiversity👇
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🌊The diversity of native aquatic plant communities makes them more able to resilient to climate change than the invasive alga, starry stonewort, which may lessen the impacts of invasion👇
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌊The diversity of native aquatic plant communities makes them more able to resilient to climate change than the invasive alga, starry stonewort, which may lessen the impacts of invasion👇
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🍃Invasive species removal boosts phylogenetic & functional biodiversity, but how? This 3-year field experiment shows that abundance shifts drive recovery more than species colonization & extinction👇
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November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🍃Invasive species removal boosts phylogenetic & functional biodiversity, but how? This 3-year field experiment shows that abundance shifts drive recovery more than species colonization & extinction👇
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🏖️This recent study furthers our understanding of trait variation in seaweeds and how variation is shaped by differences in environmental context @laurenleealgae.bsky.social 👇
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November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🏖️This recent study furthers our understanding of trait variation in seaweeds and how variation is shaped by differences in environmental context @laurenleealgae.bsky.social 👇
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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
🔥 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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🌊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
🌊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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🦠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
🦠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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🌄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
🌄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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🌿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
🌿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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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
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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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
🌈 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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🍄 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
🍄 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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🌸 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🐝
#pollinationecology
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October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌸 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🐝
#pollinationecology
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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
🏔️ 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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📖 Read the article: buff.ly/Mf7sRRn
🪵 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
🪵 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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🌱 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
🌱 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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📖 Find the article:https://buff.ly/dLPK1ik
🌵 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
🌵 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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🔎 Read the full article: buff.ly/0Fe0fcJ
📖 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
📖 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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Find out more: buff.ly/05atYpN
🍃 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
🍃 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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🔥 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
🔥 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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