How extreme weather threatens nature's essential services A new model suggests that timber production in Minnesota could decrease by half as windstorms intensify with climate change.
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2024 Haldane Prize shortlist: early career research award The Haldane Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Functional Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2024 award (published in Volume 38): ⭐️ Ian Ausprey: Dispersal limitation predicts the spatial and temporal filtering of tropical bird communities in isolated forest fragments Ian’s results (1) experimentally validate the use of morphological traits as proxies for movement …
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Southeast Asia's fisheries benefit from small-scale, multispecies capture Despite decades of warnings about overfishing, Southeast Asia's capture fisheries have proven remarkably robust.
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Aotearoa once home to elephant seals Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.
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Good Sphagnum moss layer growth improves carbon sequestration in restored peatlands Researchers measured post-restoration Sphagnum moss layer growth on 18 peatland sites in Finland 10 years after restoration. According to the study, a thick Sphagnum moss layer forms rapidly during the first 10 years after successful restoration, with carbon sequestration rates commonly exceeding those of pristine bogs.
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