Ecological Applications is the @ESA_org publication for research with broad applicability to management, policy and governance of the world’s ecosystems.
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🔎Looking for ecology stories? Our latest media tip sheet highlights new research on sea slugs and conservation, insects as key decomposers, wildfire history in the Southwest, marine predators, and nature-positive development.
Read the full roundup: ow.ly/IaPp50ZVTei
Flutter over to our new October issue, whose cover captures a scene from a long-term Kansas prairie restoration experiment. The study behind the image found that native soil microbes can help accelerate grassland recovery
Browse the issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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And read Cheeke et al.'s study of techniques for prairie restoration: doi.org/10.1002/eap.70295
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Excited to share that our soil microbes & prairie restoration work is featured on the cover of the current issue of Ecological Applications! with co-authors @MycorReb, Gunner Davies, @lizkoziol, & Jim Bever esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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How do giant salamanders reshape river food webs? Which species make the best ecological indicators? Read about these and three other new studies from ESA journals, featured in our latest research roundup!
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Predator‐mediated trophic connectivity between reef and oceanic habitats in Palau
Arnoldi, Carlisle, Dunbar et al.
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New paper alert: Restoration transforms coastal wetland ecosystem services over time, by Lanceman et alia. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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New paper showing that it took 7 years post-inoculation to see effects on plant communities, highlighting the importance of longterm studies in restoration research esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Introducing ESA's Peer Review Academy program for early-career researchers seeking practical training in peer review & scholarly publishing. 2 years of workshops, mentored review assignments & discussion with ESA journal editors.
Applications due 10/15: esa.org/publications/ecologi…
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Our September cover stars the endangered mallee emu-wren, a tiny bird of Australia’s mallee shrublands. Recent research shows that rainfall before & after fire can shape habitat quality for years, with important lessons for conservation
Browse the issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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And read Mitchell et al.'s study of how conditions at the time of fire can have long-lasting effects on habitat suitability: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Monarch conservation, invasive species policy, protected areas after flagship species vanish, fungal teamwork in forests, and bee-friendly urban farming: explore 5 new studies from ESA journals in our latest media tip sheet!
Read the full roundup: esa.org/blog/2026/08/27/augu…
The #OpenAccess study is available for all to read here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
Oregon State researchers say northern spotted owls are ‘functionally extinct’ koin.com/news/oregon/oregon-…
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The first major Northern spotted owl analysis since the transition to passive acoustic monitoring just came out. HUGE effort. 4081 survey stations within 1027 randomly selected 5-km2 hexagons across six physiographic regions. Spotted owls doing poorly /1
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It’s another way Forest Service science helps connect healthy landscapes with healthier communities. Link: research.fs.usda.gov/treesea…
Find the #OpenAccess study behind the story here, in the journal: doi.org/10.1002/eap.70229
The Yukon River’s runs of Chinook, also called king salmon, have been in a long-term decline since their past heyday, when they numbered in the hundreds of thousands and the river was one of the biggest sources of that salmon species.
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A tiny traveler takes center stage on our July cover: a beetle perched on floating moss in a Saskatchewan lake. Recent research found that wildfire history and postfire diversity shape boreal beetle, plant and bird communities
Find the full issue: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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And read Bell et al.'s study of pyrodiversity and biodiversity among boreal islands: doi.org/10.1002/eap.70218
Wildfire is once again making headlines across the western US and southern Europe. What have we learned from 20 years of the Fire and Fire Surrogates study?
Explore this Special Feature, spanning studies of the long-term impacts of forest management: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
ALT Special Feature: Long-term ecological effects of forest fuel and restoration treatments. Ecological Applications, Ecological Society of America
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Fire suppression increased hazards in forests adapted to frequent fire. Can restoration treatments mimic fire's true ecological function?
Explore 20 years of data from the Fire & Fire Surrogate study in Ecological Applications. 🌲🔥
Read here: bit.ly/4v9iHmk
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ALT The image is a Wiley posting for the journal "Ecological Applications" from the Ecological Society of America. The cover displays a photograph of three antelopes drinking from a water source in a desert environment. Text highlights a special feature on long-term ecological effects of forest fuel and restoration treatments. A "Read Now" button is at the bottom.