Ecology Podcast

Journal Editor Marc Cadotte interviews Jeremy James from University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources on his paper "A systems approach to resoring degraded drylands". Selected as Editor's Choice for issue 50:3.

Read the paper here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12090/abstract

The Editor's Choice article here: http://www.journalofappliedecology.org/view/0/editorschoice503.html

Music credit:

"The Old Country" by Plusplus (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Plusplus/Game_Over/07_Plusplus_-_The_Old_Country)

JEC: Senescence Special Feature by Ecology Podcast

JEC: Interview with Harper Prize 2012 winner Simon Doxford by Ecology Podcast

JEC: Interview with James Rosindell by Ecology Podcast

JEC: Interview with Mike Hutchings by Ecology Podcast

Visit Ross Mounce's homepage via http://rossmounce.co.uk/

Music credit:

Song "One Small Morning"

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Scallions/Agony_Through_Ceremony

XE/05_-_One_Small_Mourning_Instrumental

Band: "The Scallions"

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Scallions/

Recent analysis of global datasets has shown that plants are constrained in how they allocate resources to their leaves, with trade-offs between building sturdy leaves with a long lifespan that are inefficient in capturing light or building flimsy leaves with a short lifespan and high efficiency. However, it is unknown whether similar patterns occur at more local scales, particularly when you consider the same plant species growing under different conditions. In this study, Justin P. Wright talks with Alan Knapp about the surprising results of examining the effects of varying nitrogen availability and water table depth on the form and function of leaves of over 20 species of wetland plants and what that means for ecologists looking to predict how the addition or subtraction of species will affect the way that ecosystems function.

Read the paper here: http://bit.ly/XTUD5H or the lay summary here: http://bit.ly/142W5Gh

Music

+ Song:

+ [Carolinian](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chatham_County_Line/Liv

+ e_at_WFMU_on_Joe_Belocks_Show_on_7172008/Carolinian)

+ Artist: [Chatham County

Line](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chatham_County_Line/)

Franciska De Vries (http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/franciska.devries/) is a Journal of Ecology Associate Editor.

Music credit:

+ Song:

+ [Carolinian](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chatham_County_Line/Liv

+ e_at_WFMU_on_Joe_Belocks_Show_on_7172008/Carolinian)

+ Artist: [Chatham County

Line](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chatham_County_Line/)