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30 December 2013
In subtropical and tropical forests up to 90% of woody plant species depend on fruit eating animals for the dispersal of their seeds. Birds are the most diverse and abundant animal group that acts as seed dispersers. Yet, many birds are threatened by the ongoing...
drupaladmin
20 December 2013
Congratulations, Jeff Ollerton, Rachael Winfree and Sam Tarrant for passing 100 citations for their paper "How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?" , published in Oikos in March 2011. But Jeff, how did you come up with the idea for the paper? The idea for...
drupaladmin
4 November 2013
How herbivores and nutrient interact in grassland communities is studied in the early View paper "Multiple nutrients and herbivores interact to govern diversity, productivity, composition, and infection in a successional grassland" by Elizabeth T. Borer and co-workers...
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29 October 2013
Indirect interactions are one of my current favorite topics. So fascinating, so elusive, simple in theory, but easily construed. This was the second editor's choice for November: Alexander, M. E., Dick, J. T. A. and O’Connor, N. E. 2013. Trait-mediated indirect...
drupaladmin
29 October 2013
Will climate change ever have positive impacts :) In many respects, climate change and invasive species both challenge our notions of community assembly and the relative importance of various drivers in structuring both populations and communities. For the first editor...
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28 October 2013
A new method to measure the strength of trade-offs is presented and tested in the Early View paper "A standardized approach to estimate life history tradeoffs in evolutionary ecology" by Sandra Hamel and co-workers. Here's Sandra's summary of the paper: A major goal of...
drupaladmin
22 October 2013
Does new-density increase or decrease predation rate? Find out in the new Early View paper "Adaptive nest clustering and density-dependent nest survival in dabbling ducks" by Kevin M. Ringelman and co-workers. Here's Kevin's summary of the paper: Many wildlife...
drupaladmin
18 October 2013
How density effects reproductive success and extra pair-paternity is studied in the new Early View paper "Form, function and consequences of density dependence in a long-distance migratory bird" by Ann E. McKellar and co-workers. Below is Ann's summary of the study:...
drupaladmin
15 October 2013
The resilience of eco systems is studied in the new Early View paper "A new approach for rapid detection of nearby thresholds in ecosystem time series" by Stephen R. Carpenter and co-workers, in Oikos. Below is Stephen's summary of the study: When is the disappearance...
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11 October 2013
In the Early view Oikos paper "Where am I and Why? Synthesizing range biology and the eco-evolutionary dynamics of dispersal", Alexander Kubisch, Robert D. Holt, Hans Joachim Poethke and Emanuel A. Fronhofer investigate the emergence of species' geographic ranges and...
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