Ecosystem services – current challenges and opportunities for ecological research by Klaus eBirkhofer, Eva eDiehl, Jesper eAndersson, Johan eEkroos, Andrea eFrüh-Müller, Franziska eMachnikowski, Viktoria L. Mader, Lovisa eNilsson, Keiko eSasaki, Maj eRundlöf, Volkmar eWolters, Henrik G. Smith, Henrik G. Smith

“…In this article we identify major challenges and opportunities for ecologists involved in empirical or modeling ecosystem service research. …”
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Toward an ecology of disasters: a primer for the pursuit of ecological research on disasters by Nathaniel L. Gibson, Elizabeth A. Green, Guido A. Herrera-R, Sarah J. Love, Sophia C. Turner, Maryrose Weatherton, Alexandra S. Faidiga, Amy R. Luo, Michael L. Ngoh, Eric Shershen, Hyun Seok Yoon, Michael J. Blum

“…Ecologists are increasingly becoming interested in disasters, reflecting growing recognition that disasters can present exceptional opportunities to advance fundamental knowledge and appreciation for how ecological research can aid affected communities. …”
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Beyond Kuhnian paradigms: Normal science and theory dependence in ecology by Craig A. Layman, Andrew L. Rypel

“…We use Kuhn's normal science framework to reflect on the way ecologists practice science. This involves a discussion of how theory dependence influences each step of the scientific method, specifically, how past experiences and existing research frameworks guide the way ecologists acquire knowledge. …”
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Bring Nature Back to the City; Keep Invasive Species Out by Ahmed O. El-kholei, Mohammad S. Abido

“…The paper explores contemporary literature to highlight the gap between ecologists and design professionals. We found that research published between 2017-2021 and indexed on Scopus that dealt with urban issues and invasive species yielded 4,556 publications, of which only 88 publications that design professionals prepared to indicate a gap between urban ecologists and design professionals explaining the persistence of the problem and concerns that ecologists raise. …”
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Reducing bias in experimental ecology through directed acyclic graphs by Suchinta Arif, Melanie Duc Bo Massey

“…Abstract Ecologists often rely on randomized control trials (RCTs) to quantify causal relationships in nature. …”
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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR RESEARCH? A FRAMEWORK FOR CLEAR ECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE by Yuri Costa, José A.C.C. Nunes, Charbel Niño El-Hani, Francisco Barros

“… How to clarify the relevance of research is a challenge for ecologists since this is not a trivial question for any scientist but may be especially difficult for early-career researchers, who often find more difficulty in providing answers that are synthetic, logical, and cogent. …”
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Estimating competition in metacommunities: accounting for biases caused by dispersal by Xu, L, Clark, AT, Rees, M, Turnbull, LA

“…To estimate the strength of competitive interactions, ecologists often count abundances in cells on a spatial grid for at least two time-points. …”

Reconciling resilience across ecological systems, species and subdisciplines by Capdevila, P, Stott, I, Oliveras Menor, I, Stouffer, DB, Raimundo, RLG, White, H, Barbour, M, Salguero-Gomez, R

“…This Special Feature, which spans the Journal of Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology and Functional Ecology, provides an overview of how ecologists define, quantify, compare and predict resilience across different study systems. …”

Scale and species numbers by Godfray, C, Lawton, J

“…One of the main tasks confronting community ecologists is to explain why a particular site harbours a certain number of species. …”

Estimating competition in metacommunities: accounting for biases caused by dispersal by Liang Xu, Adam T. Clark, Mark Rees, Lindsay A. Turnbull

“…To estimate the strength of competitive interactions, ecologists often count abundances in cells on a spatial grid for at least two time‐points. …”
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Confronting Deep-Learning and Biodiversity Challenges for Automatic Video-Monitoring of Marine Ecosystems by Sébastien Villon, Corina Iovan, Morgan Mangeas, Laurent Vigliola

“…With the availability of low-cost and efficient digital cameras, ecologists can now survey the world’s biodiversity through image sensors, especially in the previously rather inaccessible marine realm. …”
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Impacts of conservation activities on people who are incarcerated: a case study based on qualitative and quantitative analyses by Nalini M. Nadkarni, Jacqueline M. Chen, Jeremy S. Morris, Amanda E. Carriero, Thomas N. Kaye, Kelli Bush, Megan Young, Laura George

“…In this study, a collaboration of ecologists and social scientists analyzed impacts on the “incarcerated citizen scientists” who participated in two conservation projects coordinated by these ecologists at the Salt Lake County Jail, Utah, using quantitative and qualitative approaches, including voluntary pre- and post-surveys. …”
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False negatives – A false problem in studies of habitat selection? by André Desrochers, Eliot J. B. Mcintire, Steve G. Cumming, Josh Nowak, Sapna Sharma

“…Accordingly, statistical ecologists propose alternative methods to address the latter concern. …”
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ON DANGEROUS HEAVY METALS / METALLOIDS IN SOILS by Yu. Vodianitsky

“…According to the current ecotoxicological data of Dutch ecologists, hazardous heavy metals/metalloids in the soil form a number of: Se > Tl > Sb > Cd > V > Hg > Ni > Cu > Cr > As > Ba. …”
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Within-forest stand (or formation, or plot) and between-forest stand (or formation, or plot) biodiversity indices by Kyriaki Kitikidou, Elias Milios, Athanasios Stampoulidis, Elias Pipinis, Kalliopi Radoglou

“…For ecologists, the core of the issue is whether or not two species' distribution taken from the same habitat are the same or distinct. …”
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Addressing priority questions of conservation science with palaeontological data by Kiessling, W, Raja, N, Roden, V, Turvey, S, Saupe, E

“…Palaeontologists often ask identical questions to those asked by ecologists. Despite this, ecology is considered a core discipline of conservation biology, while palaeontologists are rarely consulted in the protection of species, habitats and ecosystems. …”

The Human Body Must Be Defended: A Foucauldian and Latourian Take on COVID-19 by Bert De Munck

“…Ecologists and environmentalists have tried to interfere in the debate about the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of transcending the approaches of virologists and epidemiologists. …”
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Face à l’angoisse écologique : stratégies émotionnelles et engagements épistémiques en sciences de l’environnement by Lucas Brunet

“…While knowledge about the ecological crisis is increasingly detailed, ecologists are anxious, saddened by the destruction of natural areas, and powerless in the face of a future that they cannot control and which makes them fearful of serious tragedies ahead. …”
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Definition of sampling units begets conclusions in ecology: the case of habitats for plant communities by Martin A. Mörsdorf, Virve T. Ravolainen, Leif Einar Støvern, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir, Kari Anne Bråthen

“…In ecology, expert knowledge on habitat characteristics is often used to define sampling units such as study sites. Ecologists are especially prone to such approaches when prior sampling frames are not accessible. …”
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HSC3D: A Python package to quantify three‐dimensional habitat structural complexity by Yi‐Fei Gu, Jiamian Hu, Kai Han, Jackson W. T. Lau, Gray A. Williams

“…The analysis of point clouds is, however, limited by the lack of readily available packages with mathematically well‐defined metrics for ecologists to help interpret relevant HSC properties. …”
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