Xian Yang: Assembly mechanisms of leaf epiphytic & endophytic bacterial communities

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Xian Yang’s article ‘Different assembly mechanisms of leaf epiphytic and endophytic bacterial communities underlie their higher diversity in more diverse forests‘ is one of […]

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Bhadla Solar Park world’s largest Energy Park

Adani Green Energy Limited The Bhadla Solar Park is set to become the world’s largest energy park, stretching over an area five times larger than Paris. Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), one of the largest renewable companies in India, is building Bhadla Solar Park, poised to become the world’s largest green energy site. It will be capable of powering a […]

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Climate-related financial risks are a major challenge

JRC research has made an important contribution to the first European Climate Risk Assessment report. Carried out by the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the request of the European Commission, the report identifies the many different economic and social risks that Europe will need to manage over the next decade due to the climate crisis. […]

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Whale shark and ecotourism management – The Applied Ecologist

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Salomé Jaramillo Gil talks us through her research, conducted with colleagues, which aimed to predict whale shark abundance. Through results obtained via modelling and photo identification, it is suggested that local authorities apply the model each spring. Ecotourism and conservation Nowadays, ecotourism with wildlife has witnessed unprecedented growth, attracting […]

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Marina Fagundes: Improving restoration success in tropical dry forests

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Marina Fagundes’s article ‘The role of plant diversity and facilitation during tropical dry forest restoration‘ is one of those shortlisted for the award: 👋 […]

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First Commission report on real-world CO2 emissions of cars and vans using data from on-board fuel consumption monitoring devices

The first data from a sample of 600 000 cars indicates that the real-world fuel consumption and CO2 emissions from diesel and petrol vehicles on the road are around 20% higher than indicated by the official values from the standardised WLTP type-approval test used for regulatory purposes. This discrepancy is in line with what the Commission […]

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Looking for winners and losers of marine resources management – The Applied Ecologist

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Andrea Radici talks us through his team’s development of a comprehensive metapopulation framework, which provides a tool for assessing area-based management measures aimed at improving fisheries outcomes and describing the spatial distribution of costs and benefits. This can help guide effective spatially-distributed management. Ecosystems and mathematics In Chapter 151 […]

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Siyuan Wang: Lianas have a faster resource acquisition strategy than trees

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Siyuan Wang’s article ‘Lianas have a faster resource acquisition strategy than trees: Below-ground evidence from root traits, phylogeny and the root economics space‘ is […]

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Supporting butterflies within smallholding oil palm plantations – The Applied Ecologist

This blog post is also available in Malay here and Indonesian here. Martina Harianja discusses the latest research into butterfly assemblages detailing how, alongside colleagues, they recorded over 1200 butterflies across 27 different oil palm plantations. Findings suggest that replanting oil palm and choice of mono or polyculture had relatively few effects on butterflies. However, […]

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Nectar Harmonies: a long-term analysis of European forest herb layers

Wim De Schuyter, Pieter De Frenne, Emiel De Lombaerde, Leen Depauw, Pallieter De Smedt, Lander Baeten, Kris Verheyen explore declining potential nectar production in this post and also at: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.14274 Springtime is upon us and soon new generations of insects will emerge and buzz around in our landscapes. In search for food, and later on […]

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