In this latest installation of Journal of Applied Ecology’s Meet the Editor series, we’re joined by our new Commissioning Editor, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi! What can you tell us about the first paper you published? © Prasen Yadav That was a dream come true and the beginning of a life-long commitment to ecological research. I had completed my master’s […]
Continue ReadingKaren De Paw, Dries Landuyt and Kris Verheyen talk teamwork at ForNaLab. Approximately one year ago, the Journal of Ecology invited plant ecologists to write mini-reviews on the theme of nature-based solutions. Given our background in forest ecology, this sparked the idea within our research group of coming up with a review that would summarise […]
Continue ReadingIn this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share below this year’s BSc student’s experiences of their fieldtrip to South […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission adopted an amendment to the Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126, reflecting changes in the use of the “ETS flexibility” under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). Revised in 2023, the ESR sets an overall EU target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the sectors it covers by 40% by 2030, compared to 2005 […]
Continue ReadingIn this blog post, Pedro Mittelman and Bernado Araújo discuss how forest composition can affect plant–animal interactions without necessarily altering animal communities or population densities. Forest mortality We are walking through a dead forest. It is not yet winter, but as we move amid still standing Norway spruce (Picea abies) trunks along the Harz mountains, […]
Continue ReadingThe debt swap condition is that Seychelles commits to protecting 30 percent of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). (Gerard Larose) Photo license (Seychelles News Agency) – The Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT) premiered its documentary about the first-ever global debt swap recently highlighting its successes to better educate the public and international […]
Continue ReadingIn this new series, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the staff and student voices from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Environment and Sustainability to showcase their diverse, interdisciplinary body of work and to help inspire the next generation. In this post, we share below recent research by Tara Pirie from the School of Biosciences […]
Continue ReadingThe editor’s choice for our July issue is ‘The more microplastic types pollute the soil, the stronger the growth suppression of invasive alien and native plants‘, by Yanmei Fu et al.: The ecological consequences of microplastic pollution for plants remain largely unknown, and the few studies that have tested the effects usually focused on a single type […]
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ITER Fusion complex Magnet System. ITER The historic ITER fusion energy project completes its most complex magnet system. After twenty years of designing, producing, fabricating, and assembling across three continents, the multinational ITER fusion energy project celebrates the completion and delivery of its massive toroidal field coils from Japan and Europe. Nineteen enormous toroidal field […]
Continue ReadingPlants, as sessile organisms, depend on seed dispersal as a crucial mechanism for colonizing new areas. This has driven the evolution of various dispersal strategies in plants, including the development of ‘megafruits’—fruits typically larger than 4 cm containing up to 5 large seeds. Megafruits are thought to have evolved primarily for dispersal by megafauna, the […]
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