Ecology
Article commentary
13 December 2018
Populations and assemblages living on the edge: dung beetles responses to forests-pasture ecotones
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Jorge Curiel Yuste –– A good contribution to understand the strong impact that habitat fragmentation may have over natural communities, their diversity and structure.
3 December 2018
Coral disease prevalence estimation and sampling design
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Robert Toonen –– This study shows that the most common field survey methodologies used to estimate coral disease prevalence in the field have low power and confidence. This simulation study provides strong motivation to change the current methodology in the field.
23 October 2018
Creating functional groups of marine fish from categorical traits
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Paolo Giordani –– A good methodological approach for limiting subjectivity in the the creation of functional groups.
19 October 2018
Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control
Editor rating: 9 / 10
Jose Montoya –– This work is an excellent example of pest control by an introduced natural enemy. It shows how ecological theory can be applied in the filed, and what is the positive economic impact in the long-run.
12 October 2018
Shifts in community composition and co-occurrence patterns of phyllosphere fungi inhabiting Mussaenda shikokiana along an elevation gradient
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Paolo Giordani –– An in-depth study on the effects of elevation on the fungal community of the phyllosphere associated with a single tree species.
12 October 2018
Epiphyte type and sampling height impact mesofauna communities in Douglas-fir trees
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Paolo Giordani –– An original contribution on the ecology of overlooked epiphytic organismi.
4 October 2018
Co-occurrence patterns of litter decomposing communities in mangroves indicate a robust community resistant to disturbances
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Joseph Craine –– The authors provide an in-depth analysis of the microbial assemblages during decomposition in an under-researched system. These are sophisticated techniques that are helping to fundamentally change our understanding of microbial decomposition.
2 October 2018
What’s for dinner? Diet and potential trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago
Editor rating: 8 / 10
Ben Colman –– This work represents a rare glimpse into the relatively early stages of an anuran invasion. It lays out foundational knowledge on the direct and indirect consequences of the invasion on other anurans by delineating the diet of both the invader and native anurans across multiple habitats.
1 October 2018
Can secondary contact following range expansion be distinguished from barriers to gene flow?
Editor rating: 9 / 10
Tomas Hrbek –– An important contribution to distinguishing secondary contact from differentiation along a cline / parapatric differentiation.
24 September 2018
Different environmental gradients affect different measures of snake β-diversity in the Amazon rainforests
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva –– A good study that advances the knowledge of local biodiversity patterns in the Amazon. 
Academic Editors
Average h-index of Editorial Board: 31
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Jorge Curiel Yuste @Don_Curiel
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An article I handled as editor has been published today @thePeerJ https://t.co/MFiuqg7bxA #Biodiversity #Ecology #Entomology #ECOSOIL #Ecosoil #REDECOSOSIL
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Creating functional groups of marine fish from categorical traits https://t.co/otashv8xoV @thePeerJ https://t.co/rSF75y5KlV
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John Measey @AfriHerp
79 days ago
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Michael Blum @mblum_g
80 days ago
Can secondary contact following range expansion be distinguished from barriers to gene flow?
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The directionality index Psi conveys info.
New paper in @thePeerJ https://t.co/UOKKzKQIRd
Adam Stow @AdamStow12
87 days ago
Interested in how environmental differences in the Amazonian rainforest relate to snake diversity? Just published today in @thePeerJ https://t.co/vRwuLTkVmi #Biodiversity #Ecology