BMC Ecology

Section Editors

Michel Baguette, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Michael Bonsall, University of Oxford
Jean Clobert, Station d'Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS
Nick Royle, University of Exeter
Josef Settele, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Executive Editor

Simon Harold, BioMed Central

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Worms turn slugs off their food

Herbivory by an invasive slug species is dramatically reduced by both the presence of earthworms and the composition of plant species within experimental communities, highlighting how belowground effects can influence aboveground processes.

BMC Ecology 2013, 13:20
A hidden mechanism of plant signalling?

Chilli seedlings germinate better when grown in the presence of ‘good neighbour’ plants like basil even when all forms of chemical and visual signals are blocked, suggesting that an as-yet unidentified system of communication exists between plants.

BMC Ecology 2013, 13:19
A grand challenge for biodiversity research

Alex Hardisty and Dave Roberts outline a grand vision for the future of biodiversity research that is based on a fully integrated e-infrastructure, following a huge community consultation effort with the Biodiversity Informatics Community.

BMC Ecology 2013, 13:16
Dinosaur diversification not helped by height

Stratification of feeding heights among herbivorous dinosaurs of the Dinosaur Park Formation, Canada, is unlikely to have played a role in dietary niche partitioning, suggesting another evolutionary mechanism drove the diversification of dinosaurs in this region.

BMC Ecology 2013, 13:14
Ecology image competition winners

Guest judge Yan Wong and the Editorial Board of BMC Ecology announce the winners of their first Ecology Image Competition, and explain how each of the winning entries represents an evocative portrait of ecology in action.

BMC Ecology 2013, 13:6
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Hummingbirds, not insects, pollinate sub-alpine Castilleja

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BMC Ecology 2013, 13:20

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BMC Ecology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on environmental, behavioral and population ecology as well as biodiversity of plants, animals and microbes.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

Image Competition

Congratulations to Dr Moritz Muschick, winner of the 1st BMC Ecology Image Competition.

All of the winning and highly-commended images are freely available to download and reuse (CC-BY) from our accompanying Editorial.

BMC Ecology would like to thank everyone that took the time to participate in this year's competition.

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Section Editor's profile

Nick Royle is senior lecturer in behavioural ecology at the University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn, in Cornwall, UK.

Dr Royle's work focuses on functional and mechanistic approaches to understanding social environmental and early life-history effects on the expression of traits and consequences thereof, especially in the context of parental care. Current model organisms for Dr Royle's work include Nicrophorus burying beetles and various species of bird.