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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🌾 Understanding these species-specific responses is crucial for predicting community dynamics and for biodiversity conservation efforts in the face of ongoing environmental change 👉️ buff.ly/mWtES5O

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🍁 These results suggest that extreme drought primarily shifts phosphorus-related leaf trait relationships rather than providing strong evidence for altered pairwise scaling among SLA, leaf nitrogen and leaf phosphorus 👉️ buff.ly/kP3O8rN

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌱 These results highlight that high levels of N enrichment may disrupt the pathways through which diverse tree communities support soil microbial biomass 👉️ buff.ly/arNsIqZ

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌲 This study provides a mechanistic framework for understanding how forests maintain below-ground nutrient function and species coexistence under shifting environmental conditions 👉️ buff.ly/5YGt6Pf

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🍂 This work elucidates when litter promotes—or inhibits—pathogen spread, underscores the consequences of different host biomass growth patterns for plant–pathogen dynamics 👉️ buff.ly/dYWIlKW

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌥️ Identifying hotspots of refugia capacity provides a practical tool to guide conservation management strategies in mountain forests under climate change 👉️ buff.ly/8XGgKKq

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 24/09/2026

We are so thrilled to announce our 2026 BES Award winners 💫 This year, our awards honour ten distinguished ecologists whose work has benefited the scientific community and society as a whole.

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📰 On the blog ✍️🌳 "What a plant stores inside its own tissues during the previous autumn may also help determine how early it starts spring growth" - written by author Heng Ge 👉️ buff.ly/mIdni5M 🔍 Article: buff.ly/OkRQbtZ

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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🐅 Belief and the beast: Religion and attitudes towards tigers in Central India "Surveys found religiosity was linked to more mutualistic wildlife values, while belief in divine protection reduced perceived risk and promoted risk-mitigation behaviours" 📖 buff.ly/sSNr1KR

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last chance to register for our MEE live on thursday!

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🍃 These findings provide experimental evidence that increased nitrogen investment in leaves is associated, both across and within species, with enhanced photosynthetic efficiency and reduced water loss under controlled, non-limiting conditions 👉️ buff.ly/nMOmw4v

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

✍️ Our latest blog post explores what excellence in peer review looks like. 🌿 We take you through a manuscript’s journey through the peer review process and share some tips on how to write an effective review. 👉 Read more here: buff.ly/lDCGzVN

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🌾 These findings highlight the importance of syndrome-based approaches in understanding the evolutionary dynamics of plant invaders and provide insights to forecast their future range expansion 👉️ buff.ly/ssSid2E

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨 new podcast episode! 🌳 Dr Trisha Gopalakrishna chats with Dr. Robyn James about the challenges and strategies to tackle gender (in)equity in environmental conservation at the project or program level across multiple sectors. 🎧️ listen here: buff.ly/XKTrKH9

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🌼 These findings provide mechanistic insight into how invaders such as Alliaria that produce novel antimicrobial compounds can influence native understory plants and potentially contribute to native species declines over time 👉️ buff.ly/3InDEqV

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🌿 These findings suggest that ecological dissimilarity and persistent trait coordination of species in their home range may contribute to their establishment after introduction, highlighting the value of native-range trait information 👉️ buff.ly/6yqEpEz

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's #PeerReviewWeek 📖 We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has reviewed for us over the last year💫 We really appreciate the time & effort spent in helping us to publish quality research 🌟 List here: buff.ly/mYmvdnM

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🚨 we're recruiting another Senior Editor! 📝 find out more about the role and responsibilities here: buff.ly/3FBD8s3 ⏳️ the deadline for applications is 15 October 2026 📩 get in touch if you have any questions - admin@journalofanimalecology.org

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

💧 Explicitly representing dynamic vegetation shifts and productivity allocation will be essential for improving Earth system models to project ecosystem carbon dynamics under intensifying drought 👉️ buff.ly/ry7XUvp

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌾 Together, these findings demonstrate that mowing mediates N addition effects on plant C allocation to AM fungi, thereby providing mechanistic insight into plant–microbial interactions in grassland subject to global change and management 👉️ buff.ly/25iLYvy

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We had a brilliant time attending the #SoilEcologyInPractice conference in Stirling this week! 🌱 We ran a workshop on 'How to achieve real-world impact' alongside Dina in 't Zandt & Tom Parker, and overall had a great time meeting lots of different soil ecologists 🤝 @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🧪 These findings provide a mechanistic basis for how functional differentiation in bioelements supports plant coexistence and community assembly 👉️ buff.ly/Sgm0yVf

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🌱 These results support the hypothesis that alien species benefit from enemy release early in the invasion process, but this advantage diminishes over time 👉️ buff.ly/a0UEdZK

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🌿 This study demonstrates that several native grasses employed phytosiderophores not only for Fe acquisition, but probably also to mobilise P in their natural severely P-impoverished habitats, supported by concomitant carboxylate exudation 👉️ buff.ly/Ru5PTCG

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🌊 The September issue is out now! 👉️ buff.ly/FQvy8Dl This month's cover image depicts "Sphagnum capillifolium: a hummock forming moss of oceanic blanket bogs." Image credit: Jonathan Ritson. Read the article by Lynn et al.👉️ buff.ly/881HjHe

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🌪️ These results underscore the profound, yet underappreciated, role of extreme weather events in reshaping the ecological dynamics of fruit drop and the balance between seed dispersal and predation in plant–frugivore networks 👉️ buff.ly/0n440A3

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🍄‍🟫 This study highlights below-ground fungal associations as an important, context-dependent component of biodiversity–function relationships in forests 👉️ buff.ly/uIetVoM

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌾 Despite limitations, single resurveys remain a useful tool for describing and understanding changes in plant diversity, at least in perennial grasslands. However, they should be used cautiously, especially regarding changes in species richness 👉️ buff.ly/ni1rBPl

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🌳 These findings enhance our understanding of how climate and tree development jointly shape growth responses to density 👉️ buff.ly/hNOm68t

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⛰️ These findings highlight the importance of maintaining the diversity of natural processes in supporting the resilience of forest communities to extreme and unpredictable disturbance events, thereby contributing to climate change mitigation 👉️ buff.ly/8viLMcX

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🌲 Monitoring treeline populations will advance understanding of how treeline form develops and changes in response to climate change 👉️ buff.ly/6kBX4s8

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🌷 These findings suggest that different types of defensive traits within a single species may follow different ecological and evolutionary trends 👉️ buff.ly/tv7aa2o

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌲 This research provides new insights into identifying species compositions that enhance ecosystem services in the boreal-temperate ecotone 👉️ buff.ly/XqxZfES

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

📰 On the blog ✍️🌳 "Climate warming doesn’t feel the same for everyone: The contrasted responses of tree saplings to global warming" - read the blog post by author Benjamin Roux 👉 buff.ly/3C9kcPF 🔍 Article: buff.ly/Kny6LUh

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🌧️ This study provides novel evidence that rainfall variability promotes pairwise species coexistence in a multispecies plant community, driven primarily by the relative nonlinearity in interaction strength 👉️ buff.ly/ocuetxY

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

❄️ Integrating vegetation–microbe linkages alongside winter climate processes is critical to improving the prediction of non-growing season carbon–nitrogen feedback under climate change 👉️ buff.ly/Q5aolzB

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🗻 These findings suggest that the rescue effect of cold microrefugia for alpine plants in a warming world will be limited and that edaphic factors deserve more attention alongside temperature when assessing microrefugia suitability 👉️ buff.ly/aN6HONZ

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🌺 Niche metrics capture species-specific climatic tolerances and requirements; by incorporating them into demographic models, we can better assess population responses to climatic variability across species and ecosystems 👉️ buff.ly/sKLf2d9

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🪴 Integrating both trait coordination and growth scaling into plant functional frameworks is essential for predicting ecological responses under global environmental change 👉️ buff.ly/HrmndwH

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🌲 These findings highlight the need to jointly consider resistance, recovery and resilience when conceptualizing or implementing forest management strategies 👉️ buff.ly/Tw6Oulw

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🌵 This work highlights the importance of both individual- and community-level traits when considering savanna and forest biome function, with implications for biome responses to global change 👉️ buff.ly/m31rQJM

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🌿 Fine-root responses to warming and elevated CO2 vary among plant functional types 👉️ buff.ly/qXDjozm

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

📰 On the blog ✍️🌷 When do you flower? It partly depends on your neighbors! - read the blog post by authors Kechang Niu and Pingyu Liu 👉️ buff.ly/KXohyRn 🔍 Article: buff.ly/9AlUeiU

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🪴 Direct and indirect effects of elevated CO2, warming and drought on plant–consumer interactions of Plantago lanceolata 👉️ buff.ly/ZSDVTod

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🪻 Pinus armandii ectomycorrhizas mobilize aluminium-bound phosphorus via carboxylates along a subtropical altitudinal gradient 👉️ buff.ly/EU11a01

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📰 On the blog ✍️🌳 When do trees grow fastest? Ask their neighbors - read the blog post by author Gheyur Gheyret 👉️ buff.ly/Ghk8JQS 🔍 Article: buff.ly/cplEhST

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