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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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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Aug 21

🌾The Functional traits in primary producers: recent advances and future directions special feature is open for proposals!🍄

🌲Proposal submissions close 15 September, more details here: buff.ly/e8PTkMM

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 These findings support the idea that fire can alter the phenotype of individual plants, potentially through epigenetic mechanisms, and suggest that these changes may affect plant-animal interactions🌺

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 1d

🐝 Too sweet to drink! Study in an alpine meadow from a global biodiversity hotspot indicates sugar concentration of floral nectar contributes to structuring bee-flower interactions, which is mediated by length of bumblebees’ proboscis and flower depth 🌸

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 2d

🌳 Most dominant tree species in European unmanaged forests show no consistent long-term increase in mortality over the last decades. This highlights their high resilience and adaptability to environmental stress. @WSL_research @ForEco_ETH @jokinidol

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 2d

🌳 Small elevation differences in an Amazonian forest affect tree growth and survival, partially explaining species' habitat preferences @danielfzuleta.bsky.social #AmacayacuFDP @ForestGEO 🏔️

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Ecol. Solutions & Evidence | Applied Ecol. Resources @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social · 4d

Our latest podcast series 'Included in Nature with Clare Rishbeth' explores the barriers to nature inclusion for various communities and the ways in which we can overcome them 🌱

This discussion is based on four reports deposited in Applied Ecology Resources 📚

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 8d

How do tree seedlings respond to multiple climate stressors?🌴

📖Our meta-analysis shows that CO₂ boosts growth, but only if drought isn't present. The combination of CO₂, drought and temperature mainly had additive effects🌳

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 8d

🖥️We applied machine learning to satellite image pairs to detect tundra shrub expansion and explore the climatic and landscape-scale factors that influence this crucial form of Arctic environmental change in remote ecosystems of northern Siberia. 🌲

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 9d

🌱Relationships between seed predation and floral sex ratio were assessed in an andromonoecious alpine herb. Male-biased sex expression was advantageous under severe predation, suggesting a selective force promoting the local evolution of floral traits🌀
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 9d

We're thrilled to announce our first-ever webinar!

@hollietree.bsky.social & @pettorelli.bsky.social will be joining us to discuss how Integrated Nature-Climate Action can strengthen policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change 🌍🧪

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 9d

🌿First evidence reveals tropical epiphytes exhibit weak yet species-specific leaf–root ¹⁵N fractionation compared to soil-rooted plants, with opposing fractionation trends driven by distinct mechanisms. @JEcology @XTBGcas 🌿

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 10d

🐝🌷 Our October issue is out now! 👉 buff.ly/0wpbZ17

The cover image shows a bumble bee foraging for nectar from a flower of Halenia elliptica in a species-rich alpine meadow. Photo credit: Wen Huang. Read more: buff.ly/YkNmwN3

Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 10d

🌼 In open biomes, plant height can be unrelated to plant age. This study assesses plant age by counting annual growth rings within sections of stem base🧪🌎

Size isn't age: Decoupled and interacting effects of height and age on functional traits in grassland plants

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 10d

🌿Using data from a biodiversity experiment, researchers show that N and CO2 decreased species diversity at various spatial scales, indicating potential for reorganization of grassland systems by increasingly favouring a small subset of dominant species🧪🌎

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 11d

☀️The mechanisms underlying drought resistance differed between native & invaded communities: changes in biomass triggered by complementarity effects positively determined drought resistance in native communities🧪🌎

Different diversity mechanisms underlying drought resistance in native and invaded communities

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 11d

🌿Liana diversity, abundance and basal area were influenced mainly by tree species richness, precipitation and soil nutrients. Liana diversity and density were positively associated with precipitation 🧪🌎
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Patterns and drivers of liana community structure across five forest ecosystem types in Ghana

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 12d

🌡️ Native grassland plants fare better under drought than introduced plants. However, this advantage is mitigated when other global change drivers, such as elevated temperature, increased nutrients, and elevated CO2, are considered alongside drought🧪🌎

Native plant species exhibit consistent drought advantage over introduced species until additional global change drivers are included: A grassland meta‐analysis

We examined how drought, predicted to increase under climate change, influences native and introduced plants in grasslands using a meta-analysis. Native plants fared better than introduced plants…

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 12d

💧Ecosystems with high species diversity and community stoichiometric homeostasis of phosphorus are more resistant and stable in response to external algal bloom disturbances 👇

Macrophyte species diversity and community stoichiometric homeostasis are correlated with different dimensions of stability following disturbance

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 12d

🌿 Nitrogen inputs threaten non-N mineral nutrition and nutritional stability of forage in grasslands due to biodiversity loss🧪🌎

Nitrogen enrichment threatens non-N mineral nutrition and nutritional stability of forage due to biodiversity loss

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 15d

🌦️Teleconnections promote differential tree growth modes at large geographical scales, which is of particular importance for the carbon cycle, given the substantial amount of carbon stored in latewood🧪🌎

Large-scale atmospheric variability entails differential modes of seasonal tree growth in the Mediterranean Basin

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 15d

🌱Shading plays a dominant role in recruitment, but stochastic factors and seed limitations can alter outcomes over time. Understanding how these forces interact is key to predicting vegetation patterns and potential shifts in dryland ecosystems🧪🌎
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Nurse plant shading is more important than soil fertility for dryland plant recruitment and diversity

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 16d

🌴Cinoglu et al. show that only small-scale disturbances & subsequent competition for light can stabilize the coexistence of demographic groups along the growth-survival and stature-recruitment trade-off axes @cfarrior.bsky.social 🧪🌎
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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 16d

🌿 Internal stem decay is not a major source of error for carbon stock estimates in managed temperate forests of Central Europe 🧪🌎

Internal stem decay is not a major source of error for carbon stock estimates in managed temperate forests of Central Europe

Allometric biomass functions can be used for biomass and carbon stock estimates in managed temperate forests of Central Europe, even in stands with high shares of large old trees. It should be…

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 18d

There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏

If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 Don't forget to sign up to our MEE live! next week 🚨

In this free online workshop, Ata Kalirad joins us to talk about their recent paper on Ecological Graph Theory, a method to simulate competition in structured populations 🌍 🧪

Find out more about the workshop and register 👇
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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 23d

This #PeerReviewWeek we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has reviewed for us over the last year 📖 We really appreciate the time and effort spent in helping us to publish quality research 🌟 List here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...