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Invasive mussels as ecosystem engineers

How is lake water quality and nutrient fluxes effected by invasive and native organisms? That's what Geraldine Nogaro and Alan D. Steinman are answering in the new Early View Oikos paper, "Influence of ecosystem engineers on ecosystem processes is mediated by lake...

On the importance of fruit in primate diets

How does fruit-eating relate to body size and geographic range? Find out in the Early View paper “Ecological correlates of trophic status and frugivory in neotropical primates” by Joseph E. Hawes and Carlos A. Peres. Below is their summary of the study: A good...

CSI Ecology – solving murders on springtails and earthworms

Who are the murderers and who are the victims in forest soils? Read about Babett Günther and co-workers’ homocide investigation in the Early View Oikos paper: “ Variations in prey consumption of centipede predators in forest soils as indicated by molecular gut content...

New Cover!!

We are very happy to present our cover for 2014! As you might recall, we had a photo competition to find a nice photo showing ecology in action. And we have a winner! Congratualtions Prof. Erik Svensson, Lund to the fantastic photo of emerald damselflies! Here, Erik...

Joint effects of predator and parasite on prey stress levels

We generally focus on either predation or parasitism. But what happens when we look at the combined effects of the two? Find out in the new Early View paper in Oikos: "Predators and trematode parasites jointly affect larval anuran functional traits and corticosterone...

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