Nature Ecology & Evolution Nature Ecology and Evolution is interested in the full spectrum of ecological and evolutionary biology, encompassing approaches at the molecular, organismal, population, community and ecosystem levels, as well as relevant parts of the social sciences. Nature Ecology and Evolution will provide a place where all researchers and policymakers interested in all aspects of life’s diversity can come together to learn about the most accomplished and significant advances in the field and to discuss topical issues. An online-only monthly journal, our broad scope will ensure that the research published reaches the widest possible audience of scientists. http://feeds.nature.com/natecolevol/rss/current Nature Publishing Group en © 2024 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. Nature Ecology & Evolution © 2024 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. permissions@nature.com Nature Ecology & Evolution https://www.nature.com/uploads/product/natecolevol/rss.png http://feeds.nature.com/natecolevol/rss/current <![CDATA[New opportunities emerge as the Anthropocene epoch vote falls short]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02392-x Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02392-x

The Anthropocene has been rejected as a formal epoch by the International Commission on Stratigraphy. Moving on and recognizing the deeper and more complex roots of human impacts on our planet will enable us to better, and more fairly, address them.]]>
Nicole BoivinTodd BrajeTorben Rick doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02392-x Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-18; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02392-x 2024-03-18 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02392-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02392-x
<![CDATA[A rapid environmental risk assessment of the Kakhovka Dam breach during the Ukraine conflict]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02373-0 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02373-0

A rapid environmental risk assessment of the Kakhovka Dam breach during the Ukraine conflict]]>
Bryan M. SpearsQuillon HarphamEmma BrownCatherine L. BarnettLouise BarwellMarta Roca CollellMark DavisonHarry DixonJ. Alex ElliottAngus GarbuttCaroline HazlewoodBarbara HofmannJames LanyonStephen LoftsColin MacKechnieSergiy MedinetsJames NobleDavid RamsbottomJohn W. RedheadAlberto RieraDavid J. SpurgeonClaus SvendsenPhilip TaylorStephen J. ThackerayKatharine TurveyMichael D. Wood doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02373-0 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-18; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02373-0 2024-03-18 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02373-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02373-0
<![CDATA[Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02363-2 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 18 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2

Analysing camera-trap data of 163 mammal species before and after the onset of COVID-19 lockdowns, the authors show that responses to human activity are dependent on the degree to which the landscape is modified by humans, with carnivores being especially sensitive.]]>
A. Cole BurtonChristopher BeirneKaitlyn M. GaynorCatherine SunAlys GranadosMaximilian L. AllenJesse M. AlstonGuilherme C. AlvarengaFrancisco Samuel Álvarez CalderónZachary AmirChristine Anhalt-DepiesCara AppelStephanny Arroyo-ArceGuy BalmeAvi Bar-MassadaDaniele BarcelosEvan BarrErika L. BarthelmessCarolina BaruzziSayantani M. BasakNatalie BeenaertsJonathan BelmakerOlgirda BelovaBranko BezarevićTori BirdDaniel A. BoganNeda BogdanovićAndy BoyceMark BoyceLaRoy BrandtJedediah F. BrodieJarred BrookeJakub W. BubnickiFrancesca CagnacciBenjamin Scott CarrJoão CarvalhoJim CasaerRok ČerneRon ChenEmily ChowMarcin ChurskiConnor CincottaDuško ĆirovićT. D. CoatesJustin ComptonCourtney CoonMichael V. CoveAnthony P. CrupiSimone Dal FarraAndrea K. DarracqMiranda DavisKimberly DaweValerie De WaeleEsther DescalzoTom A. DiserensJakub DrimajMartin DuľaSusan Ellis-FelegeCaroline EllisonAlper ErtürkJean Fantle-LepczykJorie FavreauMitch FennellPablo FerrerasFrancesco FerrettiChristian FidererLaura FinneganJason T. FisherM. Caitlin Fisher-ReidElizabeth A. FlahertyUrša FležarJiří FlousekJennifer M. FocaAdam FordBarbara FranzettiSandra FreySarah FrittsŠárka FrýbováBrett FurnasBrian GerberHayley M. GeyleDiego G. GiménezAnthony J. GiordanoTomislav GomercicMatthew E. GompperDiogo Maia GräbinMorgan GrayAustin GreenRobert HagenRobert (Bob) HagenSteven HammerichCatharine HanekomChristopher HansenSteven HasstedtMark HebblewhiteMarco HeurichTim R. HofmeesterTru HubbardDavid JachowskiPatrick A. JansenKodi Jo JaspersAlex JensenMark JordanMariane C. KaizerMarcella J. KellyMichel T. KohlStephanie Kramer-SchadtMiha KrofelAndrea KrugKellie M. KuhnDries P. J. KuijperErin K. KuprewiczJosip KusakMiroslav KutalDiana J. R. LaffertySummer LaRoseMarcus LashleyRichard LathropThomas E. Lee JrChristopher LepczykDamon B. LesmeisterAlain LicoppeMarco LinnellJan LochRobert LongRobert C. LonsingerJulie LouvrierMatthew Scott LuskinPaula MacKaySean MaherBenoît ManetGareth K. H. MannAndrew J. MarshallDavid MasonZara McDonaldTracy McKayWilliam J. McSheaMatt MechlerClaude MiaudJoshua J. MillspaughClaudio M. Monteza-MorenoDario Moreira-ArceKayleigh MullenChristopher NagyRobin NaidooItai NamirCarrie NelsonBrian O’NeillM. Teague O’MaraValentina OberoslerChristian OsorioFederico OssiPablo PalenciaKimberly PearsonLuca PedrottiCharles E. PekinsMary PendergastFernando F. PinhoRadim PlhalXochilt Pocasangre-OrellanaMelissa PriceMichael ProckoMike D. ProctorEmiliano Esterci RamalhoNathan RancSlaven ReljicKatie RemineMichael RentzRonald RevordRafael Reyna-HurtadoDerek RischEuan G. RitchieAndrea RomeroChristopher RotaFrancesco RoveroHelen RoweChristian RutzMarco SalvatoriDerek SandowChristopher M. SchalkJenna SchergerJan SchipperDaniel G. ScognamilloÇağan H. ŞekercioğluPaola SemenzatoJennifer SevinHila ShamonCatherine ShierEduardo A. Silva-RodríguezMagda SindicicLucy K. SmythAnil SoyumertTiffany SpragueColleen Cassady St. ClairJennifer StengleinPhilip A. StephensKinga Magdalena StępniakMichael StevensCassondra StevensonBálint TernyikIan ThomsonRita T. TorresJoan TremblayTomas UrrutiaJean-Pierre VacherDarcy VisscherStephen L. WebbJulian WeberKatherine C. B. WeissLaura S. WhippleChristopher A. WhittierJesse WhittingtonIzabela WierzbowskaMartin WikelskiJacque WilliamsonChristopher C. WilmersTodd WindleHeiko U. WittmerYuri ZharikovAdam ZornRoland Kays doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-18; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2 2024-03-18 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02363-2
<![CDATA[Extinction drives the climate-change-induced reshuffling of forest plant communities]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02374-z Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02374-z

Climate warming is triggering a steady increase in the mean thermal optimum of plant communities. We show that this increase reflects the dieback of cold-adapted species rather than the arrival of warmer-adapted species, with negative effects on local diversity and mutually cancelling effects on community heterogeneity.]]>
doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02374-z Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-14; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02374-z 2024-03-14 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02374-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02374-z
<![CDATA[Emergence and maintenance of stable coexistence during a long-term multicellular evolution experiment]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02367-y Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 14 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02367-y

Long-term experimental evolution and modelling show the evolution of small and large cluster-forming lineages of snowflake yeast that coexist over generations due to a trade-off between organismal size and competitiveness for dissolved oxygen.]]>
Rozenn M. PineauEric LibbyDavid DemoryDung T. LacThomas C. DayPablo BravoPeter J. YunkerJoshua S. WeitzG. Ozan BozdagWilliam C. Ratcliff doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02367-y Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-14; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02367-y 2024-03-14 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02367-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02367-y
<![CDATA[Inherited challenges in the pursuit of an academic career abroad]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02379-8 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 13 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02379-8

Scholars from the Global South face inherited challenges in working internationally as academic researchers, argues Farid Saleh.]]>
Farid Saleh doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02379-8 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-13; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02379-8 2024-03-13 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02379-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02379-8
<![CDATA[Ancient and recent origins of shared polymorphisms in yeast]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02352-5 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02352-5

Analysis of 1,673 sequenced Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates identifies 3,852 sequence blocks introgressed from Saccharomyces paradoxus, most of which are recent and clade-specific. By contrast, divergent Chinese strains of S. cerevisiae show little evidence of introgression but do share ancient polymorphisms with S. paradoxus due to incomplete lineage sorting.]]>
Nicolò TelliniMatteo De ChiaraSimone MozzachiodiLorenzo TattiniChiara VischioniElena S. NaumovaJonas WarringerAnders BergströmGianni Liti doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02352-5 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-12; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02352-5 2024-03-12 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02352-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02352-5
<![CDATA[Extinction drives recent thermophilization but does not trigger homogenization in forest understorey]]> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02362-3 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 12 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02362-3

Analysing >14,000 pairs of plots over 10 years, the authors show that forest understorey plant communities increase their average temperature affiliations by 0.1 °C each decade. This increase was caused by the extinction of cold-adapted species, but with no visible effect on community heterogeneity.]]>
Jeremy BorderieuxJean-Claude GégoutJosep M. Serra-Diaz doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02362-3 Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 2024-03-12; | doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02362-3 2024-03-12 Nature Ecology & Evolution 10.1038/s41559-024-02362-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02362-3