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25 February 2014
How different kinds of ecological aspects affect the future of invasive plants is studied in the Early View paper: “Neighborhood-contingent indirect interactions between native and exotic plants: multiple shared pollinators mediate reproductive success during invasions...
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25 February 2014
How does grazing affect the soil? Find out in the Early View paper "Grazing-induced changes in plant–soil feedback alter plant biomass allocation" by Ciska van Veen and co-workers. Cows and rabbits, feed on plants. With that they change plant growth directly, for...
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25 February 2014
Recently, Wiley released the list over most downloaded Oikos papers during 2013. Many of the papers are familiar titles, that were published a few years ago. However, two of the papers published during 2013 actually managed to climb the ladder and take place among the...
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21 February 2014
A hybridization event at the bottom of the food chain may affect organisms several steps up the chain. Read more in the early View paper: "Bottom–up regulates top–down: the effects of hybridization of grass endophytes on an aphid herbivore and its generalist predator"...
Ecological synthesis is tricky. One of its many challenges is that empirical data rarely paint a clear picture either supporting or refuting a given hypothesis. More typically, empirical studies have diverging results. But even for hypotheses where refuting evidence is...
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31 January 2014
Why might you find scientists out on a pitch black night on a remote Alaskan lake driving two 18’ boats with a net towed in between? Fun, tradition, data collection? Well, all of the above, assuming the weather is nice. In our article, “ Climate variation is filtered...
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27 January 2014
Having one predator chasing you is scary enough, but what about having two? Hunting in different habitats? Lucky me not being roe-deer! Read more in the Oikos Early View paper “Living and dying in a multi-predator landscape of fear: roe deer are squeezed...
The first editor’schoice for 2014 is the work of Alexander Kubisch and colleagues . This invited contribution synthesizes how feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary on dispersal shape species ranges and range dynamics. The manuscript is a systematic review on...
If a vector prefers uninfected hosts or infected hosts – how does that affect the pathogen’s spread? Find out in the Early View paper “Vector preference and host defense against infection interact to determine disease dynamics” by Adam R. Zeilinger and Matthew P...
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17 January 2014
We are very happy to announce that “The Per Brinck Oikos Award 2014″ has been awarded to Professor Robert D. Holt, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, USA. Here is Bob’s presentation of himself and his research: “What makes the study of life such an...
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