Insights into Oikos papers

The art of hand waving

' Hand waving ' in science has a bad reputation; referring to an argument as 'hand waving' suggests a lack of rigor. But is hand waving always a bad thing? If by hand waving we simply mean omitting assumptions or steps in an argument for no good reason (or worse, for a...

'Synthesizing ecology': revisiting an Oikos classic

Oikos' motto is 'Synthesizing ecology'. This has always struck me as an intriguing slogan, because it can be read in multiple ways. It might be thought to highlight our desire for generality. As our instructions to authors note, Oikos strives to publish papers with...

Insights into an Oikos paper

[gallery orderby="title"] I would love for authors to post comments, photos, inspirations, and challenges associated with their papers here. As a sample, I published this paper last year in Oikos 'The small-scale spatiotemporal pattern of the seedbank and vegetation of...

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