Ecology

Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition

1. Ming-Qiang Wang
2. Shi-Kun Guo
3. Peng-Fei Guo
4. Juan-Juan Yang
5. Guo-Ai Chen
6. Douglas Chesters
7. Michael C Orr
8. Ze-Qing Niu
9. Michael Staab
10. Jing-Ting Chen
11. Yi Li
12. Qing-Song Zhou
13. Felix Fornoff
14. Xiaoyu Shi
15. Shan Li
16. Massimo Martini
17. Alexandra-Maria Klein
18. Andreas Schuldt
19. Xiaojuan Liu
20. Keping Ma
21. Helge Bruelheide
22. Arong Luo
23. Chao-Dong Zhu

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  This valuable study uses a massive and long-term experimental data set to provide solid evidence on how tree diversity affects host-parasitoid communities of insects in forests. The work will be of interest to ecologists working on biodiversity conservation, community ecology, and food webs.

Reviewed by eLife

Global risk mapping of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and H5Nx in the light of epidemic episodes occurring from 2020 onward

1. Marie-Cécile Dupas
2. Maria F. Vincenti-Gonzalez
3. Madhur Dhingra
4. Claire Guinat
5. Timothée Vergne
6. William Wint
7. Guy Hendrickx
8. Cedric Marsboom
9. Marius Gilbert
10. Simon Dellicour

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  The authors have undertaken a useful study to update an existing niche model of highly pathogenic avian influenza. However, there are issues regarding the conceptualisation of the ecological niche of highly pathogenic avian influenza transmission that the modelling aims to capture, raising concerns about the strength of evidence used to support the findings. There are a number of modelling assumptions that are incompletely justified. Combined with shortcomings in the communication, this dilutes the strength of the key findings of this work.

Reviewed by eLife

Interpreting prediction intervals and distributions for decoding biological generality in meta-analyses

1. Yefeng Yang
2. Daniel WA Noble
3. Alistair M Senior
4. Malgorzata Lagisz
5. Shinichi Nakagawa

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  This useful study provides a novel perspective on assessing the generalizability of meta-analytic findings by introducing prediction intervals (and distributions) as tools to evaluate whether future studies will likely yield non-zero effects. The methodology is generally solid, with a thorough exploration of a large set of published meta-analyses that broadens our understanding of between-study heterogeneity. However, some critical details are incomplete, requiring refinement to ensure statistical rigor.

Reviewed by eLife

Genetic diversity affects ecosystem functions across trophic levels as much as species diversity, but in an opposite direction

1. Laura Fargeot
2. Camille Poesy
3. Maxim Lefort
4. Jerome G Prunier
5. Madoka Krick
6. Rik Verdonck
7. Charlotte Veyssiere
8. Murielle Richard
9. Delphine Legrand
10. Geraldine Loot
11. Blanchet Simon

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  This important study uses a comprehensive observational dataset to provide solid evidence on how genetic diversity and species diversity differentially affect multiple ecosystem functions within and across multi-trophic levels in an aquatic ecosystem. The work will be of interest to ecologists working on multi-trophic relationships and biodiversity.

Reviewed by eLife

Planktonic oyster larvae optimize settlement decisions in complex sensory landscapes

1. Sarah Schmidlin
2. Yliam Treherne
3. Jan Mees
4. Pascal I. Hablützel

Reviewed by Arcadia Science

In defense of the original Type I functional response: The frequency and population-dynamic effects of feeding on multiple prey at a time

1. Mark Novak
2. Kyle E. Coblentz
3. John P. DeLong

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Crop productivity of Central European Permaculture is within the range of organic and conventional agriculture

1. Julius Reiff
2. Hermann F. Jungkunst
3. Nicole Antes
4. Martin H. Entling

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Exploring Rubiaceae fungal endophytes across contrasting tropical forests, tree tissues, and developmental stages

1. Humberto Castillo-González
2. Jason C. Slot
3. Stephanie Yarwood
4. Priscila Chaverri

Reviewed by Peer Community in Ecology

Combining radio-telemetry and radar measurements to test optimal foraging in an aerial insectivore bird

1. Itai Bloch
2. David Troupin
3. Sivan Toledo
4. Ran Nathan
5. Nir Sapir

• Curated by eLife

  eLife Assessment

  This important study enhances our understanding of the foraging behaviour of aerial insectivorous birds. Using solid methodology, the authors have collected extensive data on bird movements and prey availability, which in turn provide support for the main claim of the study. The work will be of broad interest to behavioural ecologists.

Reviewed by eLife

Thermal preconditioning modulates coral physiology and heat tolerance: A multi-species perspective

1. Erik F. Ferrara
2. Anna Roik
3. Franziska Wöhrmann-Zipf
4. Maren Ziegler

Reviewed by preLights