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Cover | The Polar Bear Provision: Architects of an Arctic Food Web
A new study highlights polar bears as key providers of food in the Arctic, showing that the carrion from their seal kills fuels a network of scavengers. Photo by Wayne Lynch.
New Editor | Sabrina Dressel, subject editor for human dimensions
Sabrina Dressel is an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands) in the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy group, with a background in forestry, wildlife management, and social science.
*Study | The importance of snow cover (and elevation) on nest-box use in an alpine bird
Living at high elevations means having to cope with extreme and unpredictable conditions. It also means that evolution has shaped for you a special relationship with snow.
*New Editor | Qiang Wang, subject editor for Chinese vascular plants
We welcome on board our third Subject Editor for Chinese vascular plants! Qiang Wang is a professor of plant systematics and biodiversity at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
New Editor | Tao Deng, subject editor for Chinese vascular plants
We welcome Tao Deng as new Subject Editor for Chinese vascular plants, with a focus on angiosperms from southwest China and the adjacent Pan-Third Pole regions. Tao Deng is a researcher at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
*New Editor | Bo Li, subject editor for Chinese vascular plants
We would like to welcome Professor Bo Li, Ph.D., as Subject Editor for Chinese vascular plant taxonomy! He is the PI of the Plant Taxonomy and Conservation Research Group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG).
*New Editor | Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, subject editor in mycology
We would like to welcome Dr. Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad to the NJB editorial board as subject editor in mycology! Based at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, she is a mycologist with a keen interest in taxonomy and its links to morphology, molecular identification, phylogeny, eDNA, character evolution, nomenclature, and applied systematics.
*New Editor | Gerald M. Schneeweiss, subject editor for molecular systematics
We would like to welcome Gerald M. Schneeweiss as new Subject Editor for molecular systematics at Nordic Journal of Botany! Gerald is an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna, where he studies the evolution, systematics and biogeography of flowering plants.
Call for Papers | Special issue on “Wolves in a Changing World”
The journal hereby invites papers for a special issue, as an outcome of the International Wolf Symposium 2026 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. You do not have to attend the conference in order to submit a paper.
*Cover | Rainfall increases conformity and strength of species–area relationships
Atolls like Teti’aroa, French Polynesia, can offer unique windows into the limits and boundary conditions of biogeographic properties, which inherently cannot be examined through the study of larger islands.
Forum | Sources of confusion in global biodiversity trends
Sounds counterintuitive: if we want to mitigate global loss of biodiversity, we should take a hard look at research that seems to contradict biodiversity loss.
Call for Papers | Special issue on avian senescence
The Journal of Avian Biology is inviting contributions for the special issue “Avian senescence: patterns, mechanisms and new perspectives.” Submission deadline: 30 June 2026.
Speculations and Alternative Viewpoints | Small text, big returns
We at Oikos want to contribute to encourage debate, which is why we keep encouraging authors to contribute small texts for our sessions Speculations and Alternative Viewpoints, where researchers can share unresolved questions and bold perspectives.
Cover | Floral polymorphism in Sedum diversiflorum sp. nov.
The new species Sedum diversiflorum sp. nov. has a unique variation in floral merosity.
Cover | How do low-traffic roads affect ground-nesting birds?
Our latest cover depicts a common snipe, photographed by Tómas G. Gunnarsson.
*New Editor | Laura Melissa Guzman, new subject editor for Ecography
The goal of Guzman’s research is to help improve insect conservation by developing statistical methods that better use all available data.
*Cover | Ectomycorrhizal fungi and root water uptake respond independently to water availability
A study of European beech forests reveals that trees can maintain water uptake during drought by drawing from deeper soil layers, but dry conditions reduce the diversity of their root-associated fungi.
*Cover | Direct effects and prey-mediated effects of global change in projections of early life stages of pelagic predators
A striped marlin (Kajikia audax) closes in on a bait ball of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off the Pacific coast of Baja, Mexico.
*Editor’s Choice | Ecology of swift foxes in a novel landscape beyond their range
The editor’s choice for November/December 2025 is the article by Smith et al.: “Heading west: Ecology of swift foxes in a novel landscape beyond their range.”
Cover | A new species of Conocybe
Conocybe salalahensis is described as a new species based on morphology and phylogeny.