Our cover for March! π₯
A study of Brazilian savannas by Manzan et al. shows that fuel traits strongly shape fire behavior, with vegetation structure and environmental conditions influencing flammability and helping predict where fires are most likely to occur.
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π«π΄Seed dispersal and seed predation networks highlight important dual roles for plants and terrestrial vertebrates in a tropical forest
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#AntagonisticNetwork #FunctionalTraits #MutualisticNetwork #SouthEastAsia #Versatility
π₯βοΈOverexploitation can counteract top-down control and the paradox of enrichment in simple food chains
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#BottomUpControl #Enrichment #Overexploitation #PlantHerbivoreInteractions #Stability #TopDownControl
ππΌShifts in phenology influence synchrony of flowering plants and their pollinators along an elevation gradient
π· Mikko Tiusanen
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#PlantPollinatorInteractions #FloweringPhenology #PhenologyShift #NicheOverlap #ElevationGradient
Forum π: Rethinking community-weighted means: why geometric averages matter
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#CommunityWeightedMean #GeometricMean #LogNormalDistribution #PlantFunctionalTraits #TraitBasedEcology #TraitEnvironmentRelationship
The next round of NSO Grants is now open! Apply by 29th April for the Networking and Education or the Early-Career Researcher Grant. Check out full application guidelines here: vist.ly/4tpjk
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π§¬π§«Cross-feeding constrains the evolution of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli
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#AdaptiveCapacity #AntibioticTolerance #AuxotrophicBacteria #BacteriaInteraction #CrossFeeding
Society publishers are learned societies publishing research for their scholarly communities. At the NSO, publishing is mission-driven: we reinvest in our members, support their research through our journals and uphold research integrity. πΏπ¬ #SocietyPublishing #OpenScience
πͺ²πΏEpichloΓ« endophytes impair performance and preference of Rhopalosiphum padi by disrupting aphid feeding behaviour in tall fescue
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#AphidFeeding #Endophyte #EPGTechnique #InsectBehaviour #Symbiosis
π πͺΈHabitat characteristics and priority effects shape fish and invertebrate assemblages inhabiting the coral Pocillopora grandis in HawaiΚ»i
π· Erik G. Brush
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#CommunityEcology #PriorityEffects #HawaiΚ»i #HabitatEffects #CoralReefs
β¬β»οΈβ½Ecosystem size reverses the effect of the spatial coupling between autotrophic and heterotrophic ecosystems
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#AllochthonousInput #Disturbance #Landscape #Scaling #SpeciesAreaRelationship #Subsidies
πͺͺπSpecies identity and spatial scale drive contextβdependent tree diversity effects in a Finnish forest experiment
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#DBH #NeedleTraits #NorwaySpruce #ScotsPine #SpeciesDiversity #TreeDivNet
π³γ°οΈAnisotropic community turn-over at habitat edges informs on assembly drivers: simulation and empirical test on soil macrofauna
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#Biodiversity #CommunityAssembly #HeterogeneousLandscape #MassiveDNABarcoding #Metacommunity #SoilMacrofauna
π°οΈπΏTime tells: plasticity and developmental asynchrony underlie trait variation in a dune-building grass
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#BiogeomorphicFeedbacks #CalamagrostisArenaria #EnvironmentalGradients #PlantLifeCycle #VegetatedCoastalSystems
πΏποΈDisentangling the relative roles of biased colonization and in situ evolution in driving the island syndrome in Coprosma (Rubiaceae)
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#AncestralReconstruction #CorrelatedEvolution #IslandBiogeography #IslandSyndrome #PlantEvolution #StructureEquationModelling
ππΊοΈOn the use of neighboring habitats as predictors of species distributions
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#Animals #EcologicalNicheModelling #FocalPredictor #MultiScaleProcess #Plants #SpatialScale
Our Virtual Issue compiling the Editor's Choices of 2025 has been published!
Editor's choices are papers that engage ecologists across general ecology while advancing understanding of ecological mechanisms, processes, and patterns β precisely Oikos goals.
Find it here: vist.ly/4r2kq
ποΈπ¨Multiple scales of fear: foraging behaviour of white-naped jays in semiarid landscapes
π· Carolina Beiriz
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#AntipredatorBehaviour #CyanocoraxCyanoopogon #GivingUpDensity #PredationRisk #Vigilance
Iβm launching a blog series for @oikosjournal.bsky.social , βView from the Editorβs Deskβ - the first post is now live.
These pieces reflect my personal perspectives on different aspects of the publication system and not official journal policy.
www.oikosjournal.org/blog/view-ed...
ππ¦Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
π· Mathias Pires
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#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
πΊοΈπ¦On the spatial clustering of behavioural phenotypes: matching movement tactics with landscape structure in a large herbivore
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#Boldness #Habitat #LandscapeComposition #LandscapeHeterogeneity #MovementSyndrome #PersonalityEnvironmentAssociation
βοΈπΊοΈMeteorological versus spatial drivers of the spatial synchrony of forest insect pest outbreaks in North America
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#BarkBeetle #defoliation #MoranEffect #Outbreak #PopulationDynamics #SpatialSynchrony #TreeMortality
A blue tit nestling is held between a thumb and fingers during fieldwork. The chickβs fluffy grey head and yellow breast are visible, with a soft-focus outdoor background.
Our paper is Editor's Choice for the February Issue of @oikosjournal.bsky.social π£π€π₯π
Using 10 years of data on great & blue tits, we show paler yellow plumage might be linked to urban-specific selection patterns.
OA: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Data & code & supp. : doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
ποΈβπ¨οΈπΌCitizen science in pollinator monitoring: current approaches, challenges and recommendations
ποΈ Monal Peroth π· Nithin Divakar
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#CitizenScience #CommunityContribution #NeglectedPollinators #PolicyDevelopment #PollinatorMonitoring #VolunteerRetention
π·πͺΊAromatic plants, nest bacterial diversity, and nestling condition in Corsican blue tits
π·ποΈ HΓ©lΓ¨ne Dion-PhΓ©nix
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#AromaticPlant #BacterialCommunity #BlueTit #CyanistesCaeruleus #NestMaterial #NestProtectionHypothesis #SelfMedication #PotpourriHypothesis
π§π¦ Multifaceted biodiversity changes of lake microeukaryote communities in response to nutrient enrichment and climate change
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#ClimateChange #Eutrophication #Microeukaryote #Resilience #Resistance #SedimentaryDNA
π¦π΄Butterfly and moth habitat specialisation changes along an elevational gradient of tropical forests on Mount Cameroon
π· Jan Mertens (CC BY 4.0)
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#Afrotropics #ElevationalGradient #ForestStructure #Habitat #Insects #Lepidoptera #NicheBreadth
Our cover for February! π
A 27-year, continent-wide study of fig wasps by Souza et al. (2025) shows that communities linked to Neotropical fig trees change dramatically across space, with high species turnover driven by host specialization, competition, and local adaptation.
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π₯Ignite: Caloric restriction-mediated reproductive lifespan extension across multiple strains of the clonal aquatic plant Lemna turionifera
π· Β© Robert A. Laird
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#Aging #CaloricRestriction #IntraSpecificVariation #Lemnacea #Lemnoideae #Longevity
πMarine trophic architecture and hidden ecological connections in the Strait of Magellan: keystone species and ecosystem resilience
ποΈClaudia D. Andrade π· Β© CristΓ³bal Rivera
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#Biodiversity #FoodWeb #PelagicAndBenthicCommunities #SpeciesRole #SubAntarctic
