5 March 2025

Mass harvested per trunkload as a constraint to forage consumption by the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)

"The interesting feeding mode of African savannah elephants allows the authors to constrain forage consumption quantitatively. This will be of interest to those interested in elephants and in their important role in savannah ecology."

Clement Kent, Handling Editor

19 February 2025

Beyond single-species models: leveraging multispecies forecasts to navigate the dynamics of ecological predictability

"Important for ecologists thinking about forecasting approaches."

Easton White, Handling Editor

17 February 2025

Identification of potential insect ecological interactions using a metabarcoding approach

"This study presents methods for enabling the discovery of interactions among insects, plants, fungi and bacteria, and highlights the potential for environmental contamination to mislead the unwary."

Andrew Mitchell, Handling Editor

4 December 2024

Use of integrated population models for assessing density-dependence and juvenile survival in Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus)

"The article uses a long-term dataset and novel analytical considerations to answer relevant questions."

Anthony Caravaggi, Handling Editor

27 November 2024

Spatiotemporal prediction of alpine wetlands under multi-climate scenarios in the west of Sichuan, China

"It deals with the current topic of climate change and the problems of wetlands."

Mykola Karabiniuk, Handling Editor

8 November 2024

Combined effect of temporal inundation and aboveground-cutting on the growth performance of two emergent wetland plants, Phragmites australis and Bolboschoenus planiculmis

"This article addresses a common problem, that Phragmites australis is both a useful plant for phytoremediation and restoration, but also potentially invasive. The study shows that a combination of inundation and cutting can control the spread of Phragmites australis."

Meredith Root-Bernstein, Handling Editor

19 September 2024

Sandy loam soil maintains better physicochemical parameters and more abundant beneficial microbiomes than clay soil in Stevia rebaudiana cultivation

"This work is of interest for agrobiology specialists for Stevia rebaudiana cultivation."

Yuriy Orlov, Handling Editor

18 September 2024

Buscando Luciérnagas: findings on Mexican fireflies from an 8-year virtual citizen science project

"The study by Dr. del-Val and colleagues has implications for both firefly conservation and the use the citizen science as a tool for studying and conserving biodiversity."

Joseph Gillespie, Handling Editor

23 August 2024

Changes of Tamarix austromongolica forests with embankment dams along the Laizhou bay

"The article is important for understanding forest development and the impact of dams on this process."

Mykola Karabiniuk, Handling Editor

8 August 2024

Tree regeneration and ontogenetic strategies of northern European hemiboreal forests: transitioning towards closer-to-nature forest management

"The paper shows how a study of tree ontogenetic stages can inform sustainable practices in forest ecology, and will appeal to scientists studying forests."

Shaw Badenhorst, Handling Editor