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Per Brink Award 2014

editor
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...

Per Brink Award 2014

drupaladmin
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 endlessly...

Invasive mussels as ecosystem engineers

editor
16 January 2014
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

editor
15 January 2014
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

editor
10 January 2014
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...

May complexity and stability in ecological communities be reconciled?

drupaladmin
7 January 2014
In a seminal contribution published in 1972 ( Nature , 238; 413-414), Sir Robert May showed that from a mathematical point of view the more complex an ecological community is (in terms of the number of species and interactions in the system), the less stable it is...

Monsterciliates as pac-man predators

drupaladmin
2 January 2014
A sheep increasing 4 times in size, starting to eat competing rabbits! Wow, that would be something! And it's almost true, at least in the ciliate world! Find out more in the new Early View paper "Trait-mediated apparent competition in an intraguild predator–prey...

Frugivore bird response to habitat loss and plant invasions

drupaladmin
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...

Top-cited Oikospaper

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...

New Cover!!

editor
17 December 2013
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...

Hurray! We have a new cover!

drupaladmin
17 December 2013
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

editor
13 December 2013
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...

Editor's Choice December

drupaladmin
3 December 2013
Science makes progress by applying an experimental approach. This holds in ecology and many of us setup experiments to test the impact of stressors on diversity changes all levels of biological organisation, or how certain treatments affect specific ecological and...

Novelty in reviews by Göran Arnqvist: Dr. Pangloss was, I fear, wrong.

drupaladmin
29 November 2013
I found little to disagree with in the post by Lortie - all very worthy points. I am also very much for placing much emphasis on novelty/creativity/newness. Where we differ, I think, is in the amount of confidence and trust we place upon editors. Having been an editor...

No more calls for the end of invasion biology?

drupaladmin
29 November 2013
Is invasion biology needed or not? In the Forum paper " A call for an end to calls for the end of invasion biology " by Daniel Simberloff and Jean Vitule continues the discussion, which Valery et al contributed too recently in Oikos. Below is the author's summary of...

The importance of territorial behavior in ecological networks

drupaladmin
26 November 2013
To eat or to be eaten- that's not always what matters. The importance of non-trophic interactions, such as territorial behavior, in ecological networks, communities and ecosystem studies is dealt with in the new Early View paper "Territorial ants depress plant growth...

Chasing the white rabbit: novelty as a filter for editors

drupaladmin
23 November 2013
A recent spotlight paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution by Goran Arnqvist challenged the notion that editors should use novelty as means to review submissions. This is a very useful contribution to the dialog associated with evolving peer review. It is...

The typical ecological answer - it depends

drupaladmin
22 November 2013
Which species is best for their host marsh cordgrass? Fiddler crab or mussel? The answer is - it depends. As often, both in ecology and everyday life! Read more in the new Early View paper "Independent and interactive effects of two facilitators on their habitat-...

New Preprint server

drupaladmin
20 November 2013
Is preprint here to stay? And will it decrease the burden of reviewing? We've seen Peerage of Science, F1000 research and PeerJ. And here's the next preprint server, for biological manuscripts only, BioRxiv, which you can read more about on Science Insider: http://news...

New aspects of land use impacts on biodiversity

drupaladmin
15 November 2013
In the new Oikos Early View paper, "Inferring temporal shifts in landuse intensity from functional response traits and functional diversity patterns: a study of Scotland's mach air grassland", Rob J.Lewis and colleagues explore how land use changes affect community...

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