Journal of Ecology

The Novel communities in response to global change special feature is open for proposals! 🌏 Interested in advancing understanding of the ecology and evolutionary consequences of novel communities in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine systems? 🍃 👉 buff.ly/lSyEPVt

🌱 Recent study emphasizes the important role of biotic factors in regulating ecosystem functions, indicating that foliar fungal pathogens are critical biotic factors influencing ecosystem C sequestration in alpine ecosystems independent of N input.⛰️ 👉 buff.ly/fVZcBYb

🌲Root exudate metabolic traits in Abies georgei shift along elevation, aligning with root strategies and driven by temperature and soil N—highlighting coordinated belowground adaptation 🔍Article: buff.ly/E6lT3S6 📰Blog: buff.ly/asMedy8

🦌Tree diversity boosts tree growth, but why? This study shows: foliar chemical diversity influences tree enemies- more diverse forests have more diverse chemicals which attracts more caterpillars but better resists pathogens & deer, driving better growth buff.ly/2Vw8uO0

🍃Inter- & intraspecific drought responses in cottonwood revealed using leaf-level spectroscopy & UAV thermal imagery. Climate-driven adaptations shaped spectral & thermal traits, highlighting remote sensing’s role in predicting ecosystem resilience👇 buff.ly/TX2N4Pq

🔎Recent research highlights the complexity of newly assimilated C partitioning in moso bamboo forests and suggest that clonal integration may mitigate drought-induced dieback.🎍 Paper: buff.ly/dNBXPvv Blog: buff.ly/iZH1RxH

🌍In Madagascar, 6 species flower & fruit at different times of the year and use diverse weather cues to time flowering. Varied cues hint at species-specific climate change impacts.🌱@sm_holmes3 @steigj @MBPartnership @UCalgaryArts @sbuEcoEvo 📖 Read more: buff.ly/CfaEff8

Broom is a common plant in Europe but is considered an invasive weed elsewhere. It thrives on poor dry soils, seeds are dormant and build up in the soil, making spread easy and eradication difficult.👉buff.ly/Bm6GkDN Read our blog post: buff.ly/8Pe0jQi

🔎Community science and Herbarium data combined give first landscape level perspective on variation in soil and climate factors that explain geospatial variation in sex ratio and sexual dimorphism in a wild strawberry.🍓buff.ly/kyPtnOS

Registration for this year's @BritishEcolSoc Annual Meeting is now open! #BES2025 Below, you can find Associate Editor mentee @Ardiantiono's fantastic account of his experience attending for the first time last year! 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/07/17/bes…

📖 Recent study identified critical thresholds in soil biotic & abiotic factors, highlighting the dynamics of soil carbon storage along elevational gradients. The results give insight into links between soil ecological processes and vegetation succession. buff.ly/usZGjtK

🌱🦠 Soil biodiversity is important as plant biodiversity in determining multifunctionality and its stability with increasing number of global change factors. 👉 buff.ly/PS2Gers

🔎 Non-vascular plants exacerbate plant diversity loss estimates resulting from increased nutrient levels 👉 buff.ly/LJAIZzZ @EskelinenAnu @stan_harpole

🍃Research shows that leaf traits & floral resources are linked, primarily determined by environmental selection, and pollinators have a secondary role. This shows the interconnectedness of vegetative & reproductive traits in plant strategies.🌼@CaFoscari buff.ly/ueQtHkj

🌳 Terrestrial laser scanning was used to show that lianas reduce tree individual height, which negatively affect tree carbon stocks and biomass growth 🌲@Xingyan0927@Q-Forestlab 👉 buff.ly/PWqgwvy

🦠 Belowground microbial communities are important to ecosystem health. Recent research shows microbes increased savanna tree growth and could be critical for plant growth in the field but both are negatively affected by drought.🌳👉buff.ly/Z8AxLGF

Epiphytic moss coexistence links to macroclimatic niches at forest scales, shifting to species relatedness at moss pad levels. Positive interactions dominate across scales, suggesting they may be more crucial for bryophyte coexistence than competition. buff.ly/D8JD1ex

🌱 Global study on Phragmites australis shows above- & below-ground traits adapt uniquely to latitude: shoots respond to light/temp, roots to rain. Coordinated traits boost resource use & climate resilience! 🌦️ 👉 buff.ly/ML5uwK6