Oikos Journal
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Oikos is a journal issued by the Nordic Ecological Society and is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in ecology. Oikos publishes original and innovative research on all aspects of ecology, defined as organism-environment interactions.
Oikos Journal
3w ago
Please join us in welcoming Elly Morriën to our editorial board! Take a look at her interview and get to know our newest soil ecologist better!
Keywords: soil ecology, soil food webs, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, carbon sequestration, plant-microbe interactions, stable isotope tracing
Personal website: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/m/o/w.e.morrien/w.e.morrien.html
Twitter: @MorrienElly
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. What's your main research focus at the moment?
The role of soil microbes and the wider soil community in sequestering carbon to mineral soil particles
2. Can you describe yo ..read more
Oikos Journal
3w ago
February's cover brings us a field of white clovers aka a bit of hope for the spring to come for us in the Northern Hemisphere! From the study "Urban spatial heterogeneity shapes the evolution of an antiherbivore defense trait and its genes in white clove" by Ishiguro et al. (2023).
Abstract
Urbanization is a global threat to biodiversity due to its large impact on environmental changes. Recently, urban environmental change has been shown to impact the evolution of many species. However, much remains unknown about how urban environments influence evolutionary processes and outcomes due ..read more
Oikos Journal
2M ago
JANUARY'S cover portrays a tiny chipmunk! The study species for Allain et al. (2023) - "Age at first reproduction and senescence in a short-lived wild mammal".
ABSTRACT
Senescence is the degradation of biological functions with increasing age. Its existence and relationship with life-history strategies remains poorly studied in short-lived wild vertebrate species. We investigated the relationships between age at first reproduction (AFR), reproductive senescence and longevity in an eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus population, where the first opportunity to breed is conditioned by pulses of seed ..read more
Oikos Journal
4M ago
Nordic Society Oikos invites applications for Senior Editors for the journal Oikos.
We will start reviewing applications on 17 January 2024
The Nordic Society Oikos is seeking two new Senior Editors to join the Editor-in-Chief team for Oikos.
About OIKOS – ADVANCING ECOLOGY
Founded in 1949, Oikos has long been a vital platform for research and perspectives that have the potential to significantly advance or reshape our understanding of ecological mechanisms, processes, or patterns in nature. A society-based journal, Oikos is committed to publishing fundamental ecological research, embracing an ..read more
Oikos Journal
4M ago
Nordic Society Oikos invites applications for Senior Editors for the journal Oikos.
We will start reviewing applications on 17 January 2024
The Nordic Society Oikos is seeking two new Senior Editors to join the Editor-in-Chief team for Oikos.
About OIKOS – ADVANCING ECOLOGY
Founded in 1949, Oikos has long been a vital platform for research and perspectives that have the potential to significantly advance or reshape our understanding of ecological mechanisms, processes, or patterns in nature. A society-based journal, Oikos is committed to publishing fundamental ecological research, embracing an ..read more
Oikos Journal
4M ago
November's cover shows one of the tundra landscapes where litter decomposition was studied in different microclimates in the study "Summer litter decomposition is moderated by scale-dependent microenvironmental variation in tundra ecosystems" by Gallois et al. (2023).
Abstract
Tundra soils are one of the world's largest organic carbon stores, yet this carbon is vulnerable to accelerated decomposition as climate warming progresses. The landscape-scale controls of litter decomposition are poorly understood in tundra ecosystems, which hinders our understanding of the global carbon cycle. W ..read more
Oikos Journal
6M ago
We want to share this beautiful illustration demonstrating the field sampling protocol of how they excavated a snow pit parallel to the animal's direction of travel and conducted observations! This is from the study "Defining the danger zone: critical snow properties for predator–prey interactions" (Sullender et al. 2023).
*Illustration by Sarah K. Glaser Illustration*
ABSTRACT
Snowpack dynamics have a major influence on wildlife movement ecology and predator–prey interactions. Specific snow properties such as density, hardness, and depth determine how much an animal sinks into t ..read more
Oikos Journal
6M ago
Spatio-temporal variation in plant-pollinator interactions: a multilayer network approach
LAY SUMMARY
No single organism exists without interacting with other coexisting species, and to ensure the maintenance of such interactions, species may change their partners in space and time. To predict patterns of biodiversity distribution and conservation and their variation in an ever-changing world, we need to make progress in understanding species interactions across landscapes and through time. However, most research has typically treated interaction networks as static entities, and few hav ..read more
Oikos Journal
6M ago
September's cover depicts a group of ungulates visiting an anthropogenic mineral block on a game reserve in South Africa from the study "Allometry of sodium requirements and mineral lick use among herbivorous mammals" by Duvall et al. (2023).
Abstract
Sodium (Na) plays a critical role in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. In Na-poor regions, plant consumers may experience Na deficiency and adapt by seeking supplementary Na resources. This can markedly impact animal behavior, space-use, and co-existence, with concomitant impacts on ecosystems. Many studies have noted that Na-seek ..read more
Oikos Journal
7M ago
AUGUST's cover portrays two butterflies (Troides aeacus kaguya) mating. This image was sent in by the authors of FORUM paper:
"Why sex matters in phenological research"
Abstract
Males and females often desynchronise their mating activity during the breeding season (intersexual phenological asynchrony). This suggests that the two sexes differentially use environmental cues to initiate seasonal reproduction, and climate change may cause phenological shifts in a sex-specific manner, subsequently altering frequency distribution of mating attempts over time and influencing the emergence tim ..read more