Nature Ecology & Evolution

Our October issue is out now! Featuring research on: 🐈 Feliform evolution 🛣️ Forest fragmentation from roads 🐟 Gene-regulatory evolution in salmonids Cover image from Hausharter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amphibians were able to live in the sea 237 million years ago, according to new research go.nature.com/47CQgEj

A newly identified fossil amphibian, dating back around 237 million years, may have been fully adapted to life in the sea, says @natecoevo.nature.com study. The species could be the first known amphibian to have lived without access to land or fresh water: spklr.io/63324EV9wA #Ecology 🧪

Outlining an analytical framework for quantifying species vulnerability that captures abundance, dispersal and interspecific interactions, the authors show that dispersal diversity buffers against local extinction 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We spoke to Flavio Affinito and Emily Nicholson about the latest Global Report on Collective Progress in Implementation of the KMGBF, and asked for their thoughts on progress so far: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (free to read with registration)

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New Review 👇 Interaction matrices as unifying tools for navigating ecological complexity www.nature.com/articles/s41... In this Review, the authors outline the interaction matrix as a widely used tool in community ecology and discuss how to tackle its challenges.

New Review 👇 Interaction matrices as unifying tools for navigating ecological complexity www.nature.com/articles/s41... In this Review, the authors outline the interaction matrix as a widely used tool in community ecology and discuss how to tackle its challenges.

There's still time to apply for the Interim Geophysics Editor role at Nature Geoscience. More information can be found,here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/de-DE/Spring...

An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our global analysis of ecosystem functions and services is online now! This is probably the paper I'm most proud of - a quantitative, global map of every one of the IPBES ecosystem service categories, all tracked back to the original data! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Analysing a global database of migration timing for 549 bird species, the authors show that migration has advanced by >13 days since 1970 and that this has been beneficial in terms of abundance only in the pre-breeding migratory period 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Review out today in @natecoevo.nature.com with @callejas.eurosky.social, @andreatabi.bsky.social and Virginia Domínguez-García, where we take a critical look at the role interaction matrices play within community ecology. Sharing link: rdcu.be/bzD2oYUVKYMa... and short thread: (1/n)

Protein-structure prediction identifies a family of IL-1 protein homologues in Eumetazoa, which are characterized for expression, localization and function in sea lamprey and purple sea urchin 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here the authors use a global standardized dataset of plant–pollinator interactions to explore geographic patterns of specialization and their dependence on climate variables and taxonomic and functional identity 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here the authors use a global standardized dataset of plant–pollinator interactions to explore geographic patterns of specialization and their dependence on climate variables and taxonomic and functional identity 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A comparative analysis of multiomics data from embryonic and adult tissues of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout reveals developmental and tissue-specific constraints shaping regulatory evolution following whole genome duplication 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A comparative analysis of multiomics data from embryonic and adult tissues of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout reveals developmental and tissue-specific constraints shaping regulatory evolution following whole genome duplication 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This experimental and computational study asks how spatial structure and nutrient availability impact spread of resistant mutants and explores the impact of several treatment schedules to find a strategy that balances population control and resistance confinement 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New study published in @natecoevo.nature.com ! We assembled the largest global dataset of plant–pollinator networks to ask a simple question: do interactions become more specialised towards the tropics? doi.org/10.1038/s415... Study led by @saileesakhalkar.bsky.social and myself ☺️ 1/8

A tsunami of genome reshuffling www.nature.com/articles/s41... Kelsie Hunnicutt discusses a new study in hybrid sticklebacks showing that hybrid incompatibilities drive rapid removal of introgressed alleles following the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Japan Free to read: rdcu.be/ekJrEHm2iUea

Species persistence following hybridization in nature requires the purging of introgressed alleles. Genomic monitoring of a tsunami-induced hybrid stickleback population in Japan reveals rapid genome-wide purging including of loci involved in reproductive isolation 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rising sea levels could create new habitat for invasive marine species, says study in @natecoevo.nature.com. The findings suggest that more than two-thirds of newly flooded coastlines could become suitable for non-native species by the end of the century: spklr.io/63326Epu7p #Ecology 🌏 🧪

Sea-level rise may create a new front for the landward expansion of marine invaders into inundated areas. The authors project that more than two-thirds of inundated land areas would be suitable for 122 non-native animals under future sea-level-rise scenarios 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sea-level rise may create a new front for the landward expansion of marine invaders into inundated areas. The authors project that more than two-thirds of inundated land areas would be suitable for 122 non-native animals under future sea-level-rise scenarios 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Species persistence following hybridization in nature requires the purging of introgressed alleles. Genomic monitoring of a tsunami-induced hybrid stickleback population in Japan reveals rapid genome-wide purging including of loci involved in reproductive isolation 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check out Nature Climate Change Sept issue Content includes 🔍novel ecosystems 🚆connectivity equals resilience for urban mobility 🧪Arctic Ocean acidification and negative emissions 🌲effect of tree hydraulic properties on range shifts & much more www.nature.com/nclimate/vol...

A study of daily activity of Drosophila species under naturalistic conditions shows that sociosexual interactions, via dopamine signalling, expand their temporal niche in a species-specific way according to their sensory ecology 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A study of daily activity of Drosophila species under naturalistic conditions shows that sociosexual interactions, via dopamine signalling, expand their temporal niche in a species-specific way according to their sensory ecology 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

September issue: A Focus on forests in a warming world alongside content on rainfall, soil carbon, Himalayan dynamics, and more www.nature.com/ngeo/volumes...

Planting trees on non-forest land and re-establishing lost forest cover may have different ecological effects. Here the authors quantify long-term responses of soil carbon and microbial biomass following afforestation and reforestation, and predict long-term dynamics 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Planting trees on non-forest land and re-establishing lost forest cover may have different ecological effects. Here the authors quantify long-term responses of soil carbon and microbial biomass following afforestation and reforestation, and predict long-term dynamics 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our September issue is now online! It includes a Focus on technology and urban nature: www.nature.com/collections/... & research on: 💦Stream ecosystems 🎒School choice 🐺Wildlife disease & much more: www.nature.com/natcities/vo...

New Comment 👇 "Spaceborne and airborne scanning technologies are revolutionizing the study of tropical forest understories. As these datasets rapidly expand, we argue for systematic ethical consideration of whether and how to reveal the information they contain": www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Comment 👇 "Spaceborne and airborne scanning technologies are revolutionizing the study of tropical forest understories. As these datasets rapidly expand, we argue for systematic ethical consideration of whether and how to reveal the information they contain": www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Using a 13-year field experiment, the authors show that the effects of up to four interacting global change factors on grassland productivity and stability are dynamically reorganized through time, partly through changes in species asynchrony and trait composition 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Using a 13-year field experiment, the authors show that the effects of up to four interacting global change factors on grassland productivity and stability are dynamically reorganized through time, partly through changes in species asynchrony and trait composition 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Obituary: Robert Ricklefs (1943–2026) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Polymath ecologist whose research and textbooks integrating ecology and evolution have inspired generations of students. Free to read: rdcu.be/D33fLgYcv4Ba

Obituary: Robert Ricklefs (1943–2026) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Polymath ecologist whose research and textbooks integrating ecology and evolution have inspired generations of students. Free to read: rdcu.be/D33fLgYcv4Ba

Nice editorial from @natecoevo.nature.com featuring several papers recently published on the fate of 🦋 under climate change, including our 🦋 paper. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social

Read the accompanying News & Views commentary 👇 Ancient vocabulary for evolving cells: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free to read: rdcu.be/XUoSoE9LiQ2a

Here the authors compile a total-evidence phylogeny to identify three adaptive zones within feliforms and to show that reliable predictions of diet can only be made in hypercarnivores 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Flexible use of conserved motifs constrains genome access in cell type evolution 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...