News and Opinion - British Ecological Society

Grasslands enjoying a wider biodiversity have more resilience against parasitic plants.

Oak processionary moth and ash dieback are among the most notorious tree pests and diseases introduced into the UK.

Protected riverbank habitats within areas of oil palm cultivation can play a key role in reducing the negative impacts on tropical bird numbers.

Study analyzes fishery-monitoring methods to address challenges of managing small-scale fisheries.

Research into how these large grazers influence the expansion of exotic plant species in aquatic systems.

Drawing on data from a large number of studies in which bees that had been exposed to pesticides.

Trees in Belgium have advanced the timing of leafing and flowering in response to recent temperature changes.

Two-year field experiment focused on how mason bees in the southwestern United States will respond to a warmer future climate.

A new study on the role of the nuptial plumage in competitive interactions among male purple-crowned fairy-wrens.

A new framework for identifying specific coral reefs, “oases,” in the world’s oceans where corals appear to be thriving.

As our oceans are projected to warm, fewer juvenile albatrosses will manage to survive and populations are expected to decline at a faster rate.

An international research team analysed hundreds of disparate datasets of plant life‐history strategies.

Remaining parent substantially increased its effort to raise at least some of the chicks.

With implications for the marine environment, marine predators and fisheries capturing food for human consumption.

Exploring the differences in relative brain mass between wild guppies collected from high and low predation populations.