The Interaction of Bark Beetles, Deadwood and Woodpeckers Over Time

This blog post is provided by Marco Basile, Gilberto Pasinelli, and Eckehard Brockerhoff and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Large-scale importance of bark beetle outbreaks for standing deadwood and woodpeckers”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, the authors revealed the nature of the interaction between bark beetles and woodpeckers, highlighting the beetles’ role as providers of deadwood … Continue reading The Interaction of Bark Beetles, Deadwood and Woodpeckers Over Time

Edie AbrahamsAugust 11, 2025August 9, 2025Leave a comment

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Lizard population responses to climate and fire regimes: new pathways to ecological resilience

This blog post is provided by Heitor Sousa and Rob Salguero-Gómez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Severe fire regimes decrease resilience of ectothermic populations”, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In their study, Heitor, Rob and colleagues found that intermediate fire regimes may be the most conducive to resistance for several Cerrado lizard species, and that variation in life … Continue reading Lizard population responses to climate and fire regimes: new pathways to ecological resilience

Edie AbrahamsSeptember 25, 2024Leave a comment

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Open Call for Papers: Joint Special Feature on ecological resilience

Resilience has emerged as a key concept in ecology and conservation biology to understand and predict ecosystem responses to global change. In its broadest and original sense, resilience describes the ability of an ecosystem to resist, and recover from, a disturbance. However, the application of such a concept in different sub-disciplines of ecology and in different study systems has resulted in a wide disparity of … Continue reading Open Call for Papers: Joint Special Feature on ecological resilience