Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Shortlisted for the Chico Mendes Prize About the research Overview We investigate how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have been applied within the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme in the North York Moors National Park, analysing how different interventions contribute to biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate adaptation. Our research identifies common archetypes and approaches across 31 projects, […]

2025 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: For the next two weeks, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2025 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Emily Wedel’s ‘Divergent resource-use strategies of encroaching shrubs: Can traits predict encroachment success in tallgrass prairie?‘ is one of those shortlisted for the […]

Shortlisted for the Georgina Mace Prize About the research Overview Neglected tropical diseases often follow an uncomfortable rule: the people most affected are the ones least covered by surveillance. And if you cannot measure risk, you end up reacting late, or not at all. Schistosomiasis is a clear example. It affects more than 250 million […]

Jiaqi Chen and Wentao Luo, Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discuss their article: Dominant species determine drought effects on grassland multifunctionality The increasing frequency of extreme drought events poses a severe threat to grassland ecosystem multifunctionality—a metric aggregating multiple ecosystem functions. However, the ecological mechanisms driving these impacts remain contentious. […]

Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize About the research Overview Our paper investigates how to maximize the cooling effect of urban forests. We wanted to know whether a tree’s leaf traits (like nutrient content) are more important than its physical structure (like canopy size) for reducing air temperature and increasing humidity in cities. By combining traditional […]

The Harper Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Journal of Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2025 award, published in Volume 113: 🌿Qitong Wang: Rhizosphere as a hotspot for microbial necromass deposition into the soil carbon pool 🌿Jianguo Ma: Ammonium preference and microbial nitrification […]

Suwan Ji and Guanghui Lv, Xinjiang University, discuss their article: Intraspecific competition drives orthogonal variation in root exudate metabolic and functional traits in seedlings of a dominant species In plant ecology, competition is a fundamental process regulating population dynamics. While plants appear stationary, they are actively engaging with their environment and neighbours in many ways, […]

Yihong Zhu, University of California, Berkeley, discusses her article: Legacy effects under an emerging novel disturbance regime: A memory-based framework to quantify tree growth responses Emergent novel disturbance regime Moderate-severity disturbances, such as drought, pathogen irruptions, and prescribed fire, may not cause widespread tree mortality, but can leave lingering impacts on surviving trees. Such disturbances […]

*** This article examines Shein’s 2025 opening at BHV Marais as a Corporate Legitimisation Strategy aimed at transitioning the brand from a digital-only disruptor to a physically validated retail peer. Utilizing mimetic isomorphism, Shein attempted to leverage the “Grand Magasin’s” heritage to repair its reputation amid systemic environmental and social controversies. However, this move coincided […]

Beatriz Aguirre, Cornell University, discusses her article: Plant functional diversity does not dilute virus infection, but community virus prevalence positively correlates with net C3 grass production Greater plant diversity can protect plant communities from pathogens in wild and agricultural plant communities, and the effects of many aspects of diversity, such as genetic and species diversity, […]