Linking Individual Performance to Density‐Dependent Population Dynamics to Understand Temperature‐Mediated Genotype Coexistence - Bruijning - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I-Ching Chen will present the next PopBio seminar: Revisiting the Vulnerability of Mountain Biota under Rapid Warming Join us online, Thursday Sep 25 1pm AEST. These seminars are open to all so please share widely. Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link: forms.gle/kb6aHitUsL5f...

Please consider applying to our open faculty position call that includes Ecology! apply.interfolio.com/172075

Dynamic connectivities of plant metacommunities at a millennial time-scale: the Beringia testbed https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.19.671027v1

⏰Time is running out to submit your proposal for our cross-journal Special Feature Novel communities in response to global change! 🌏 Proposal submissions close 31 August👉 buff.ly/2av5bBh

Understanding plant-microbe symbiosis is essential in tackling global challenges like food security and ecosystem restoration. In ISME Journal, OIST researchers describe the unique symbiosis between T. azollae cyanobacteria and Azolla ferns: www.oist.jp/news-center/...

#OpenAccess #SuzukiAward Temporal beta-diversity patterns are highly dependent on fundamental parameters of neutral dynamics Ryosuke Nakadai, the recipient of the 9th Young Scholar Award of The Ecological Society of Japan doi.org/10.1111/1440... community composition/ demography

Pleasantly surprised how my first attempt at scanning pitcher plant leaves turned out. Considering 3D printing it to wear as a bonnet

New visiting programs at OIST for experimentalists and domestic visitors! Application deadline: Sep 15, 2025. www.oist.jp/visiting-pro...

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Our paper on the Azolla leaf pocket microbiome is out! A very fun project to work on that I hope helps us understand the evolution of nitrogen fixation mutualisms by looking at one of the most extreme examples academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

📆 Workshop Opportunity 📆 The ANdinA workshop aims to bridge the gap between modelling and applied ecology to advance ecological predictions in real-world systems. Nerín, Spain 8-12 June 2026 More info: andinaspain2026.com

Save the dates! We have an excellent line up of speakers for the next three months (last Thursday of each month). These online seminars are open to all and the time of day is set for attendees in the Asia-Pacific. Sign up to this google form to receive announcements: forms.gle/2vn885K3uLC1...

🌳 Terrestrial laser scanning was used to show that lianas reduce tree individual height, which negatively affect tree carbon stocks and biomass growth 🌲👉 buff.ly/PWqgwvy

Epiphytic moss coexistence links to macroclimatic niches at forest scales, shifting to species relatedness at moss pad levels. Positive interactions dominate across scales, especially at moss pads, suggesting they may be more crucial for bryophyte coexistence than competition. 👉 buff.ly/D8JD1ex

Good time to remind my fellow scientists that Nature Communications has increased their APC to USD$7000 for a projected annual siphoning off the shrinking global scientific budget of around $55000000. Please consider submitting your work to almost any other journal.

🔍 How do common & uncommon plants coexist? This study extends the Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography, showing island area & isolation shape trait strategies. Common species thrive via high ITV; uncommon ones face extinction risks. 🏝️ 👉 buff.ly/VHC5tQ5

Which of these forests do you think has the highest level of biodiversity? Research published today in @peopleandnature.bsky.social finds that people’s intuitive perception of biodiversity through visual and audio cues is remarkably accurate.

Ong et al. explore how landscapes of fear emerge from consumer-resource interactions in patchy landscapes, producing dynamic landscape-scale halo patterns than may signal critical transitions to alternative stable states. Now open access ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

In our journal "Ecology"!👇

I’m very excited to share a paper from an incredible team of evolutionary biologists, community ecologists, paleoecologists, social scientists, and biogeochemists. “Ecological acclimation” unites processes that take minutes to centuries: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

ISME congratulates @ilafores.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social as the winner of the Alma Dal Co Award, recognizing her as an exceptional early-career scholar who has made important contributions to microbial ecology. isme-microbes.org/winner-of-th... #MicrobialEcology #microbes #isme20

So excited to finally read this paper on parametrizing metacommunities! It's a true breakthrough. I've been looking forward to it since the fantastic talk at APS March Meeting.

Great workshop this morning led by Mike Dawson on navigating scientific publishing and responsibility and opportunities we have at making it better. Includes great examples of long lasting impacts of society run journals (love seeing @asn-amnat.bsky.social at the top!) #Evol2025

Andrew Barnes @barnesecodiv.bsky.social will present our next seminar: "Deciphering the Multitrophic Consequences of Biodiversity Change Through an Energetic Lens" Join us online Thursday 26th June 1pm AEST! Sign up to our mailing list to receive the zoom link forms.gle/24Y557Cjeu6w...

Discovered a mysterious box in the lab today

New postdoctoral opportunity in my lab www.maraujolab.eu/2025/06/18/p...

Thus concludes the 2025 Phyllosphere conference at OIST in Okinawa Japan! Tons of incredible talks and posters. Already looking forward to Quebec 2030 🫎

#Viewpoint: Bring back the #phenotype César Marín & Michael J. Wade 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

🪿Goose grazing in an Arctic wetland alters the chemical root traits of a dominant sedge species. These changes to root chemistry lead to greater carbon emissions during decomposition🧪🌍

Job opportunity! Excited to share that we have an opening for a research technician position to help with our research on phenological shifts & species interactions in amphibian communities. (please help spread the word!) More details here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Martin-Eberhardt et al. reveal a single anthocyanin pigment affects four plant-insect interactions in a carnivorous plant, finding patterns consistent with ecological interactions exerting opposing selection on plant color and thus maintaining variation. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

🌱Plant distributions are frequently in disequilibrium with their environment, which can bias species distribution models. This latest review looks at methods used to reduce bias 🧪 🌏

Our unit at OIST is hiring two postdocs, one lab manager/technician, and one field technician! If you're passionate about exploring microbial and ecosystem ecology at the international institute on Japan's beautiful island, please apply by April 20! 🍄🦠🌳🌞 www.oist.jp/research/res...

Regional species coexistence despite local priority effects: the overlooked role of dispersal-community feedback https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.31.646410v1

Excited to share PhD student Claire Winfrey’s (w/ @noahfierer.bsky.social & me) new paper in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecology! She examines how edge effects in habitat fragments shape soil microbial communities. Check it out 🦠 🧪 🌎 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Interested in doing a postdoc at the National Institute of Genetics in Japan focusing on theoretical ecology and evolutionary biology? Consider applying for the NIG postdoc fellowship! www.nig.ac.jp/nig/career-d...

After a super long delay, I’m happy to share our work on the metagenomics of the Azolla fern leaf pocket!

Join us for our first seminar on Friday: Ryan Chisholm will present: A unified theory of niche assembly and dispersal assembly in community ecology Sign up here to receive the zoom link forms.gle/WSnJS3bNK1b4mxE59 For those in Australia note that 1pm AEST will be 2pm in Melbourne.

Scientists Take on Scholarly Journals With Walkouts, Scathing Letters and Delistings: Some scientists say the for-profit industry’s fast growth makes it harder to police fraud and low-quality work

🌿 Join us to learn about the newly published paper ‘Construction costs and tradeoffs in carnivorous pitcher plant leaves: towards a pitcher leaf economic spectrum’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Kadeem Gilbert. 🧵 (1/6) 👉 doi.org/n986 @mechecolab.bsky.social #AoBpapers

In our new paper we discuss how modern coexistence theory can help microbial ecologists tackle fundamental & applied questions, and how microbial systems can help to push coexistence theory forward! With Andrew Letten and Dave Armitage (@darmitage.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1111/1462...

We are excited to announce our new seminar series highlighting research on population biology and theoretical ecology from academics and post-grads based in the Asia-Pacific. We have a great line up of speakers for the next few months. Stay tuned for more info!

Small grassland patches are hotspots for medicinal plants and associated phytochemical diversity in European agricultural landscapes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.28.640782v1

Chemical diversity promotes ecosystem function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.16.638531v1

Accuracy of the Lotka-Volterra Model fails in strongly coupled microbial consumer-resource systems https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.14.638304v1

Our new paper - manage to put @sortee.bsky.social in keywords link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Spending an action-packed week in Kenya collecting soybean microbes with collaborators from CUEA

Please repost! Want to learn and chat about plant-microbe interactions in beautiful Okinawa? Consider attending and contributing to our upcoming Phyllosphere meeting! Registration is now open, is cheap thanks to a weak yen, and FREE HOUSING is available! www.oist.jp/conference/p...