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*New Editor | Christine Meynard, Editor-in-Chief for Ecography
We welcome Christine Meynard, the new Editor-in-Chief of Ecography.
Cover | Protecting forests for mouse lemurs in Madagascar
A study of mouse lemurs in Madagascar shows that protected forests significantly boost survival compared to degraded habitats. Photo by Jacques S. Rakotondranary.
*Cover | The division of food space among mammalian species on biomes
L’Hoest’s monkey (Allochrocebus lhoesti) feeding at Nyungwe Forest National Park (Rwanda). Photo credit: Rafael Barrientos. Read the full open access paper.
Cover | Euphorbia paraikalli sp. nov., a new succulent species from Peninsular India
A new succulent species, Euphorbia paraikalli, is identified in India, distinguished from relatives and found in scattered hill populations.
Call for Papers | Special issue “Tundra Transitions”
Due by 30 Nov 2025: NJB invites abstract submissions to the special issue “Tundra Transitions: Understanding Vegetation Change Across Scales and Systems.”
*Cover | Incubation behaviour in a double-nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis: similar nest attendance by males and females
September-October cover depicting a rock partridge pair, featuring the article 'Incubation behaviour in a double-nesting alpine bird Alectoris graeca saxatilis: similar nest attendance by males and females' by Bernard-Laurent et al. Photo credit: Jean Guillet.
Cover | Shape-shifting in relative wing length of juvenile shorebirds
This month’s cover photo features a red knot in flight, illustrating a paper by Ryder et al. that looks at changes in wing length in 20,000 juvenile shorebirds from 11 species over the past four decades.
Cover | Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and amphibian diversity
Delia Basanta captured this splendid tree frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer) from Panama, featured on our January-February cover.
Cover | A new species of Passiflora
A new Passiflora species from Ecuador is described, highlighting localized diversity in a poorly explored region.
New editor | Zsófia Horváth, subject editor for Oikos
Dr. Zsófia Horváth studies how connectivity sustains aquatic biodiversity in ponds and how how networks of secondary habitats operate in urban environments.
New editor | Elisa Thébault, subject editor for Oikos
Dr. Elisa Thébault aims to investigate the responses of communities and ecosystems to global changes and to better understand the links between diversity, structure of interaction networks between species and stability of ecosystem functioning.
*Study | Brood awakening: how red kites weigh risk like feathered economists
Parental care is a balancing act — parents must protect their young while minimizing risks to themselves, to ensure current, but also future reproductive success.
Cover | Demographic responses driven by density-dependence and pulsed resources in a hibernating mammal
This month’s cover depicts an adult edible dormouse, an arboreal rodent, shortly before entering hibernation.
Cover | A comprehensive key to several Carex taxa
An updated identification key for Carex incorporates recent taxonomic changes and enables classification of over 300 European and Caucasian taxa.
*Call for Papers | Special issue for International Moose Symposium
ACTIVE UNTIL 30 DECEMBER 2025: Wildlife Biology is proud to be the official outlet of the International Moose Symposium 2025! We hereby invite papers for a Special Issue.
*Editor’s Choice | Climatic variation affects seasonal survival of an alpine bird species
The editor’s choice for July/August 2025 is the article by Eriksen et al.: “Climatic variation affects seasonal survival of an alpine bird species”
Cover | Genetic structure and diversity of a declining orchid in Scandinavia
This month’s cover photo by Nina Sletvold depicts a fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) at a coastal site in northern Norway.
Cover | Breeding performance of Canarian houbara bustards
This cover illustration by Juan Francisco Rodríguez shows a pair of Canarian houbara bustards, the subject of a breeding study by J.C. Alonso et al.
Cover | Vanilla × robusta, the first natural Vanilla hybrid for South America
A new natural hybrid orchid, Vanilla × robusta, is identified in Brazil, illustrating the role of hybridization in plant diversification.
NJB Turns Open Access
Nordic Journal of Botany will be an Open Access journal beginning on 1 January 2026. All papers will be freely accessible for anyone to read and share, directly upon publication.