OIKOS

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We publish empirical & theoretical research on all aspects of ecology.

Oikos focuses on advancing our understanding of ecological mechanisms, processes, and patterns. Our journal fosters debate and speculation, encouraging innovative and provocative ideas that shape ecological thinking.

Editorial Policies

Oikos is a hybrid journal published by the Nordic Society Oikos in cooperation with Wiley. Please read the NSO Publishing Policies for detailed information regarding conflict of interest, authorship, roles of editors, copyright and licensing, Open Access conditions, and more. The article publication charges associated with Open Access articles are the only fees for publishing in NSO journals. Papers submitted to NSO journals are evaluated using double-anonymized peer review, with implications for manuscript formatting specified in our Author Guidelines. NSO believes that accessible and transparent data and code are essential for scientific progress. To make science more just, we ask our authors to declare whether the conduct of their study considers equity, diversity and inclusion when they submit their papers.

Manuscript Referrals

Editors of Oikos may refer authors to the NSO sister journals Nordic Journal of Botany and Journal of Avian Biology, or to the Wiley Open Access Journal Ecology and Evolution. If referral within the journal network is not available, manuscripts may be referred to Wiley’s Transfer Desk Assistant which identifies suitable Wiley journals that are a match for the manuscript. Authors can then opt to transfer their manuscript to one of the recommended titles. The manuscript will be automatically transferred, along with any related reviews, for consideration by the editorial team of the receiving journal. Transfers are offered to facilitate rapid publication of good quality research that is unable to be accepted by the original journal, and to reduce overall editor burden and reviewer fatigue.

EDITORIAL TEAM

Subject Editors

Karen Abbott, Cleveland, Ohio, USA – theoretical ecology, spatial ecology, stochasticity, and transient dynamics

Isabel C. Barrio, Reykjavík, Iceland – tundra, herbivory, grazing, invertebrate herbivory, biotic interactions, arctic and alpine ecosystems

Léa Beaumelle, Toulouse, France – soil biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, above-belowground interactions, global change biology, pollution, agroecology

Carolina Bello, Zurich, Switzerland - Species interactions, Functional diversity, Ecosystem services, Defaunation, Forest restoration, Carbon Cycle

Matthew Bracken, Irvine, USA – biodiversity, bottom-up processes, community ecology, consumers, ecosystem functioning, herbivory, nutrients, physiologial ecology, predation, top-down processes

James Bullock, Wallingford, UK – demography, dispersal, population modelling, invasions, conservation, restoration, ecosystem services

Jarret Byrnes, Boston, USA – biodiversity, ecosystem function, marine ecology, kelp forest, fouling communities, meta-analysis, structural equation modeling, statistical ecology

Paul Caplat, Belfast, UK – spatial ecology, land-use change, population biology, landscape ecology, integrative modelling, invasion biology, dispersal ecology, predictive traits, temperate forests, temperate agroecosystems

Eliana CazettaIlhéus, Brazil – frugivory, landscape ecology, seed dispersal, plant-animal interactions, pollination

Karoline Ceron, Fortaleza, Brazil – trophic ecology, ecological networks, metacommunity dynamics, natural history of neotropical herpetofauna

David Chalcraft, Greenville, USA – species interactions, pred-prey, plasticity, biodiversity, community assembly, community ecology, ecosystem function and stability

Si-Chong Chen, Wuhan, China – macroecology, biogeography, plant ecology, seed ecology, species interaction

Julien Cote, Tolouse, France – dispersal, biological invasions, intraspecific phenotypic variation, climate change, animal personality

Dylan Craven, Santiago, Chile – functional biogeography, diversity-stability, biodiversity - ecosystem function (BEF), secondary succession, functional ecology, macroecology

Antonino Cusumano, Palermo, Italy – plant-insect herbivore interactions, plant-herbivore-microbe interactions, parasitoid ecology, insect chemical ecology

Melanie Dammhahn, Münster, Germany – animal ecology, behavioural ecology, life history, and community ecology particularly in mammals

Gerlinde De Deyn, Wageningen, the Netherlands – plant-soil interactions, plant traits, nematodes, mycorrhiza, grassland, trait-based ecology, carbon sequestration

Ellen Decaestecker, Kortrijk, Belgium – host-pathogen, parasite interactions, epigenetics, immunology, host-microbiome interactions, eco-evolutionary dynamics

Steven Declerck, Wageningen, the Netherlands – rapid adaptation, experimental evolution, ecological stoichiometry, aquatic ecology, zooplankton, biodiversity

Hideyuki Doi, Kyoto, Japan – community ecology, food web, aquatic ecology, biodiversity, climate change, environmental DNA

Allan Edelsparre, Toronto, Canada – movement ecology, polymorphism, habitat/landscape connectivity, animal personality, behaviour genetics, dispersal/migration, foraging

Marcos Fernández-Martínez, Barcelona, Spain – ecological stoichiometry, functional traits, ecosystem functioning, carbon balance, bryophyte ecology, plant reproduction

Emanuel Fronhofer, Montpellier, France – evolutionary ecology, eco-evolutionary dynamics, metapopulations, metacommunities, dispersal, experimental evolution, agent-based models

Benoit Gauzens, Leipzig, Germany – networks, food webs, population dynamics, global change, ecosystem functioning

Stefan Geisen, Wageningen, the Netherlands – soil ecology, microbiome interactions, higher trophic organisms (trophic cascades etc), plant-soil interactions

Jean-Philippe Gibert, Durham, NC, United States – food webs, microbial food webs, temperature, eco-evo, theory, microcosms

Bente Graae, Trondheim, Norway – plant functional traits, seedling recruitment, seed dispersal, plant communities, land-use changes, restoration ecology

Pamela Graff, Buenos Aires, Argentina – plant-animal interactions, community ecology, grassland ecology, plant facilitation, grazing, restoration ecology, plant invasion

Matthew Grainger, NINA, Trondheim, Norway – Evidence Synthesis, Wildlife Management, Applied Ecology

Jacopo Grilli, Trieste, Italy – ecological networks, microbial communities, macroecology, theoretical ecology

Sandra Hamel, Quebec, Canada – life histories, population dynamics, behavioural ecology, statistical ecology, wildlife management and conservation

Simon P. Hart, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – population dynamics, community dynamics, species coexistence, evolution, plasticity, intraspecific variation, fluctuating environments, abrupt ecological change, plants, freshwater

Julia Kemppinen, Helsinki, Finland - plant ecology, biogeography, microclimates, tundra, arctic, alpine

Mayank Kohli,  Bangalore, India – grasslands, plant-animal interaction, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, grazing, carbon dynamics, herbivores, alpine ecosystems

Deliang Kong, Zhengzhou, China – plant functional traits, global change, biodiversity, fine roots, mycorrhizal associations

Johan Kotze, Helsinki, Finland – entomology, ecosystem services, urban (ecosystem) ecology

Silke Langenheder, Uppsala, Sweden – microbial ecology, community ecology, metacommunities, community assembly, ecosystem functioning and stability, bacteria, aquatic ecology

Chelsea Little, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada - Community ecology, biodiversity, freshwater ecology, alpine and arctic ecosystems, ecosystem functioning, global change, spatial ecology, meta-ecosystems, data synthesis, meta-analysis

Yanjie Liu, Changchun, China – plant ecology, plant invasions, plant-soil interactions, plant-plant interactions, phenotypic plasticity

Leif Egil Loe, Ås, Norway – arctic ecology, ungulate ecology, biotelemetry, habitat selection, movement ecology

Lucas Medeiros, Woods Hole, MA, USA - theoretical ecology, population dynamics, time series analysis, ecological stability, ecological networks, plankton ecology

Francois Massol, Lille, France – theory, community ecology, interactions, metapopulation, modelling, dispersal, metacommunity, network

Dan Mayor, Southampton, UK – sediment biogeochemistry, aquaculture and food security, plankton interactions/eco-physiology, ecological stoichiometry/nutrition, anthropogenic impact on marine environment, ecology of deepest environment on Earth

Kim McConkey, Hyderabad, India - plant-animal interactions, seed dispersal, tropical Asia & the Pacific, defaunation, megafauna, mammals

Richard Michalet, Bordeaux, France – plant community ecology, plant interactions, community genetics, biogeography, forest ecosystems, soil ecology, mountain ecology

Marco Molina-Montenegro, Talca, Chile – plant ecophysiology, Antarctic ecology, plant invasions, biodiversity, protected areas, functional ecology, plant-microorganisms symbiosis

Kailen Mooney, Irvine, USA – plants, insects, herbivory, predation, multi-trophic, community ecology

Elly Morriën, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – soil ecology, soil food webs, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, carbon sequestration, plant-microbe interactions, stable isotope tracing

François Munoz, Grenoble, France –  metapopulation, metacommunity, plant biogeography, functional ecology, theoretical ecology, tropical ecosystems

Wendt Müller, Antwerp, Belgium – maternal effects, developmental plasticity, family ecology, seabird ecology, foraging ecology

Germán Orizaola, Oviedo, Spain – evolutionary ecology, phenotypic plasticity, life history, environmental gradients, ecophysiology, radioecology, herpetology

Robin Pakeman, Aberdeen, UK – grazing, restoration, conservation, dispersal, seed regeneration and seed banks, plant functional traits, ecosystem function

John D. Parker, Edgewater, USA – plant community ecology; biological invasions; biodiversity and ecosystem function; climate change and range expansions; plant-herbivore interactions; mangroves; forest ecology

Will Pearse, Berkshire, UK – ecology, evolution, conservation, statistics, phylogeny, bioinformatics

Pedro Peres-Neto, Montreal, Canada – spatial ecology, biodiversity, community ecology, aquatic systems, quantitative ecology, fish ecology, macroecology, trait ecology, metacommunities, metapopulations, ecophylogenetics

Ignacio Perez-Ramos, Seville, Spain – climate change, functional ecology, interactions between organisms, masting, plant community dynamics, seed dispersal

Alexandra Pires, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – conservation biology, defaunation, plant-animal interactions, rewilding, seed dispersal

Denis Réale, Montreal, Canada – life history, quantitative genetics, evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecology, animal behaviour, animal personality, host-microbiome interactions

Jiří Reif, Prague, Czechia – avian population dynamics, bird community ecology and speciation, bird behaviour and habitat selection, migration

James "Jim" D. Roth, Winnipeg, Canada – food web dynamics, predator-prey interactions, population cycles, spatial subsidies, ecosystem engineering, applications of stable isotope analysis

Eric Seabloom, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA – community ecology, disease ecology, plant ecology, biological invasions, grassland ecosystems

William "Bill" Severud, Brookings, SD, USA – population dynamics, wildlife management, predator-prey interactions, wildlife health/disease

Isabel M. Smallegange, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – demography, evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecology, population biology, polymorphisms, foraging behaviour

Kathryn Stewart, Leiden, the Netherlands – evolutionary genetics, environmental DNA, conservation, hybridization, speciation, phenotypic plasticity

Christopher M. Swan, Baltimore, MA, USA – community ecology, community assembly, dispersal, ecosystem function, decomposition, biodiversity, urban ecology, aquatic ecology, decomposition

Matthew Symonds, Melbourne, Australia – evolutionary ecology, ecology of body size and body shape, insect and bird behaviour, evolution of chemical communication, phylogenetic comparative studies

Jakub Szymkowiak, Poznań, Poland – behavioral ecology, bird ecology, ecology of information, forest ecology, habitat selection, mast seeding, plant reproduction

Peter Todd, Singapore – tropical marine ecosystems, urban marine ecology, marine biology and conservation, ecological engineering

Carolina Tovar, Surrey, UK – biogeography, conservation, biodiversity, ecology, and tropical ecosystems

Justin M. J. Travis, Aberdeen, UK – space, models, ageing, dispersal

Werner Ulrich, Torun, Poland – macroecology, particularly species-area relationships, global diversity, size distributions, statistical ecology, neutral modelling and the analysis of ecological matrices

Ciska Veen, Wageningen, the Netherlands – soil ecology, aboveground-belowground interactions, community ecology, decomposition, grasslands, grazing

Miguel Verdú, Valencia, Spain – community phylogenetics, plant facilitation

Susan Whitehead, Blacksburg, VA, USA - chemical ecology, frugivory and seed dispersal, plant-herbivore interactions, agroecology 

Thorsten Wiegand, Leipzig, Germany – spatial ecology, individual-based models, point pattern analysis, inverse modeling, species coexistence

Shawn Wilder, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA – predation, food webs, spiders, nutrition

Meike Wittmann, Bielefeld, Germany – theoretical biology, mathematical modelling, evolutionary ecology, diversity, conservation biology, small populations

Jinsong Wang, Beijing, China - global synthesis, soil biogeochemistry, root traits, ecosystem functioning, alpine ecosystems, global change

Bob Wong, Melbourne, Australia – behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecotoxicology, anthropogenic change

Sa Xiao, Lanzhou, China – plant ecology, soil ecology, above-belowground interactions, species coexistence and diversity, community structure and function

Regino Zamora, Granada, Spain – plant-animal interactions, and plant-plant interactions

Zhiwei Zhong, Changchun, China – plant-herbivore interactions, predator-prey interactions, predation risk, trophic cascades, ecosystem engineer

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