Wave attenuation by intertidal vegetation is mediated by trade-offs between shoot- & canopy-scale plant traits🌱 Implies that potential trade-off effects of species-specific plant traits at the canopy scale & individual shoot scale should be considered 🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Human impacts affect how river ecosystems respond to hydrological drought 🫧 Using long-term data describing 2500 macroinvertebrate assemblages in England’s chalk streams, we find that poor water quality and abstraction exacerbate drought impacts 📊 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Are you interested in how fire shapes the seeds stored underneath us? Read our new work in Journal of Applied Ecology and The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand (theconversation.com). We found fire frequency shapes the presence of seeds in the soil, related to species traits! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Our new cover photo captures a tall-stilt mangrove, Rhizophora apiculate, protecting the coast in solitude © Wenqing Wang 🌊 Read the associated article, 'Large-scale changes in macrobenthic biodiversity driven by mangrove afforestation', here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Phenological constancy & management interventions predict population trends in at-risk butterflies in the United States🦋 Highlights the importance of active management in helping to buffer climate change effects📊 Article: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… Blog: bit.ly/3Xh3dxY

How does human activity interact with drought in chalk streams? New paper by me, Rachel Stubbington, Judy England et al. out in Journal of Applied Ecology ➡️ Poorer water quality and abstraction exacerbate drought impacts on invertebrate communities 🐌🪳🪱

Comparing cost-effectiveness of radio & drone telemetry with playback surveys for assessing translocation outcomes🛰️ Suggests monitoring intensity & methodology should reflect the site, species & level of uncertainty regarding the translocation outcome 🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps to assess the link between African mammal life-history traits & their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes 📸 Advocates for wisely combining methods to guide land-use planning 📊 🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Wildflower meadows can return species from threatened plant communities to cities 🌺 Horticultural techniques returned species from critically endangered grassy ecosystems to urban Melbourne, but slugs and jute affected species richness & forb cover 🏙️ 🔗doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Our final blog post in the CES blog series meet Dr Walter Wehrmeyer Centre for Environment & Sustainability University of Surrey as he reflects on his time at CES👇 Institute for Sustainability-University of Surrey Surrey Media Team Applied Ecol. Resources|Ecol. Solutions & Evidence Ian Christie appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/09/16/cen… #Sustainability

Protecting biodiversity through selective cattle exclusion! 🐄 A recent study in the Colombian Orinoquía shows wildlife-permeable fences reduce cattle presence and increase native wildlife in forest patches #Conservation #SustainableManagement 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

There are 2 weeks left to apply for our Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰ If you'd like to learn more about the peer review process through hands-on experience then this could be the role for you ✨ More information: appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/09/02/ass…

We are hosting an MEE live! Join Michela Leonardi to find out more about the R package tidysdm 📆 24th October 15:00pm BST You can find more information and register here👇 britishecologicalsociety.org/event/mee-live…

We are very excited that our new Pielou Review, by Hanna Kokko, is now out! Check it out here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…

Light quality and spatial variability influences on seedling regeneration in Hawaiian lowland wet forests 🌱 Suggests that other factors besides light quality should be considered in seedling enrichment or other management activities 💭 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

How does fire frequency impact underground soil seedbanks in a Mediterranean type ecosystem? 🔥 This paper by Ella Plumanns Pouton, Levi Kelly, @sabinekasel, @trentpeman and Matt Swan investigates just that! 🌱 Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…