New research from the University of Florida shows that young frogs prioritize growing quickly even when infected with a deadly pathogen, shifting energy toward immune defense only when infections beco...

UF research reveals how early-life decisions about energy use, shapes survival, development and population health.

Recovery dynamics are a defining feature of the Anthropocene landscape. These processes, shaped by ecological and evolutionary mechanisms, can be inve…

Caiafa et al. explore the role of Patagonian birds in the dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi. Metagenomic analyses of fecal samples show that birds consume a wide diversity of truffles and other mycorrhiz...

Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...

The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula

Recent widespread reductions in body size across species have been linked to increasing temperatures; simultaneous increases in wing length relative to body size have been broadly observed but remain ...

The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.

Biotic interactions are a critical element for the functioning and the stability of ecosystems,

Martin Nuñez is a Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology. He is also a Professor at Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina, as well as a researcher at CONICET (National Scientific and Te…

ALT: a woman is sitting in the back seat of a car and looking down .

New research into the weird ways snow distorts sound offers new hints about the extraordinary hunting strategies of a winter phantom—the Great Gray Owl.

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