How can we identify #coexistence in #ecology? There are at least three common approaches (structural stability, eigenvalues, and invasion), and each investigates different aspects of community dynamics (equilibria, locally stable equilibria, and global stability).

Want to learn more? See our recent review in #BiologicalReviews, where some of the leading experts from each of these sub-fields has helped assemble a practical guide for characterizing coexistence: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70079

In search of #animal #normativity: a #framework for studying #SocialNorms in non-human animals

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"Proposition of a set of #constructs built around the core notion of a #normative #regularity, which we define as a socially maintained pattern of #behavioural #conformity within a community"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13056

A #transdisciplinary view on #curiosity beyond #linguistic #humans: #animals, #infants, and #ArtificialIntelligence

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"Proposition, for the first time, of how features of curiosity could be quantified and therefore studied more operationally across systems: across different species, developmental stages, and natural or artificial agents"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13054

A multifaceted #framework to establish the presence of #meaning in non-human #communication

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"3 global facets are needed to describe meaning: a #Signal Meaning Facet, an #Interactant Meaning Facet, and a #Resultant Meaning Facet. [...] The concept of meaning is suitable for evolutionary biologists, behavioural ecologists, and others to study, to establish exactly which species exhibit meaning in their communication and in what ways."

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12989

What is #cooperative #breeding in #mammals and #birds? Removing definitional barriers for comparative #research

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"Operational definition: #CooperativeBreeding is a reproductive system where >5% of broods/litters in at least one population receive species-typical parental care and conspecifics provide proactive alloparental care that fulfils >5% of at least one type of the offspring's needs"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12986

Reuniting #philosophy and #science to advance #cancer #research

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"One important way forward in service of a more successful dialogue is through greater integration of applied sciences (experimental and clinical) with conceptual and theoretical approaches, informed by philosophical methods"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12971

Mechanisms of #group-#hunting in #vertebrates

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"Identification of several novel group-hunting mechanisms which are largely untested, particularly under field conditions, and highlight of a range of potential study organisms that are amenable to experimental testing of these mechanisms in connection with tracking technology"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12973

Understanding ‘it depends’ in #ecology: a guide to #hypothesising, #visualising and #interpreting #statistical #interactions

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"Two fundamental properties of interactions are often overlooked during the process of analysing interactions between drivers: the measurement scale and the symmetry. Overlooking these properties can lead to three inferential errors"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12939

Erdos et al. Biol. Rev. (2022): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12889

A nice review on the drivers shaping the huge #Eurasian #forest-steppe by Erdos et al., emphasizing #Alternative #Biome States & #feedbacks (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.11.003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.03.008)

How come I haven't seen it before?!

#ABS #steppe #forests #grasslands #fire #herbivory @ecology @plants @botany @wildfirescience @plantscience #BiologicalReviews

Final version available #OA:
#Seed #dormancy revisited: Dormancy-release pathways and environmental interactions https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.14269 #FunctionaEcology

Seed dormancy glossary: https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2023/02/01/seed-dormancy-a-glossary/

This is a complement to our previous review paper on seed dormancy in #fire-prone ecosystems https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12855 #BiologicalReviews

@plantscience #PlantEcology #PlantScience #Botany #SeedDormancy