Molecular Ecology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(1)
Published: Dec. 25, 2023
Molecular
Ecology
(MEC)
continues
to
be
one
of
the
largest
and
most
influential
journals
in
fields
ecology
evolution.
In
2022,
a
total
434
citable
items
were
published
journal,
ranking
third
out
53
Clarivate's
list
Evolutionary
Biology
sixth
171
journals.
A
similar
pattern
is
seen
for
citations,
where
MEC
was
cited
40,823
times
(third
fourth
Ecology).
Additional
metrics
include
journal
impact
factor
(4.9;
eighth
Biology)
EigenFactor
(0.030,
fifth
Biology).
The
latter
metric
measures
number
articles
from
past
five
years
have
been
focal
year.
Google
Scholar's
h5-index,
which
h-index
over
years,
offers
longer
term
measure
influence.
has
an
h5-index
72,
ranks
among
Lastly,
downloads
demonstrate
wide
interest
research
MEC,
reaching
close
1.9
million
2021
2022.
first
evolution
require
that
data
supporting
results
papers
archived
appropriate
public
archive
(Rieseberg
et
al.,
2010).
Over
we
expanded
policy
code,
programming
scripts,
software,
as
well
detailed
metadata.
Earlier
this
year,
members
Resources
(MER)
Editorial
Board
(along
with
editors
other
journals)
contributed
article
Evolution
established
minimum
standards
code
(Jenkins
2023).
While
recommendations
largely
reinforce
what
are
already
doing,
provides
description
best
practices
archiving
data,
metadata,
such
analyses
given
study
can
fully
replicated.
We
will
linking
recommendation
our
author
guidelines.
also
transitioning
requiring
made
available
reviewers
during
peer
review.
2020,
editorial
indicate
support
Nagoya
Protocol
principle
benefit
sharing,
educate
authors
readers
about
their
responsibilities
under
(Marden
2020).
encourages
disclose
benefits
generated
by
Protocol.
This
followed
encouraged
use
Biocultural,
Traditional
Knowledge,
Cultural
Institution
Notices
(Liggins
2021).
Such
intended
raise
visibility
Indigenous
communities
within
systems,
encourage
collaboration
communities,
provide
platform
them
develop
methodologies
permissions
biodiversity-related
on
indigenous
land.
To
continue
momentum,
'Indigenous
perspectives/methodologies'
added
area
aims
scope,
perspectives'
'traditional
ecological
knowledge'
keywords
MEC/MER
websites.
Authors
now
select
perspectives
methodologies'
manuscript
subject
when
submitting
article,
submitted
using
new
assigned
who
expertise
experience
space.
Like
publishers,
Wiley
developed
policies
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
tools
ChatGPT
large
language
models
(https://authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html).
Because
AIs
lack
legal
standing
cannot
held
accountable
or
design,
does
not
permit
listed
articles.
However,
if
AI
used
development,
requires
contributions
described
Methods
Acknowledgements.
Final
decisions
whether
usage
permissible
board.
case
Board,
believe
represents
potentially
valuable
editing
tool
improve
readability
manuscripts,
reducing
barriers
publication
researchers,
especially
those
speak
English
second
language.
improving
spelling,
grammar,
clarity,
ask
acknowledge
development
required
policy.
2023,
maintained
robust
social
media
presence,
building
upon
success
previous
years.
molecology
X
account
(formerly
Twitter)
boasted
following
7400
followers,
average
more
than
49
tweets
posted
per
month.
Monthly
impressions
reached
28,500,
slightly
less
likely
due
changes
landscape
year
concerns
academics
these
changes.
enhance
outreach,
collaborated
team
(WileyEcolEvol)
strategically
broaden
audience.
monitor
community
trends
explore
possibilities
better
serve
molecular
community,
providing
crucial
direct
source
information
scientific
work
MER.
conjunction
X,
continued
commitment
in-house
through
Spotlight
blog
2023.
With
142
posts
since
2019,
featured
interviews
highlighted
papers,
amassing
23,000
visitors
37,000
views.
adopted
way
interviewing
tailored
questions
dynamism
promote
deeper
engagement
authors.
should
help
lay
broader
understand
conducted
ecologists
its
implications.
It
fundamental
mission
MER
hands-on
training
duties
outstanding
early
career
researchers.
PhD
postdoctoral
recognized
Harry
Smith
prize,
invited
join
Junior
(JEB).
ensure
JEB
useful
experiences
members,
process
implementing
three-year
stepped
programme
designed
offer
exposure
range
tasks.
Our
together
execute
running
platforms
(Twitter
Blog)
creating
content
increasing
journal's
visibility.
addition,
second-year
gain
manuscripts
guidance
mentor.
final
tenure,
attracting
research,
organizing
special
issues
review
Together,
enthusiasm,
forms
invaluable
asset
Prize
awarded
annually
'an
scientist
significant
ecology',
selected
independent
award
committee.
Dr.
Uma
Ramakrishnan,
Professor
at
National
Centre
Biological
Sciences,
Bangalore,
India.
Ramakrishnan
known
her
studies
tiger
mammals,
'poster
children'
India's
natural
resources.
Her
included
census
estimates
combined
camera
traps
genetic
surveys,
historical
inferences
museum
specimens,
demonstrations
gene
flow
impacting
genomic
variation
inbreeding
depression.
Ramakrishnan's
led
conservation
applications,
example
evidence
Supreme
Court
ruling
wildlife
corridors
must
certain
highway
expansions.
science
communication
service
exemplary,
she
important
role
model
scientists
around
world.
recognizes
paper
graduate
students
scholars
no
5
fellowship
experience.
prize
named
after
FRS,
founded
served
both
Chief
Managing
Editor
critical
He
until
2008,
went
his
early-career
scholars.
2023
Antonino
Malacrinò
'Host
species
identity
shapes
diversity
structure
insect
microbiota'
(Malacrinò,
2022).
His
work,
'Invited
Reviews
Syntheses'
presents
leveraging
powerful
open
insights
into
field
microbiome
research.
committee,
up
excellent
Alexander
Blumenfeld
colleagues
titled,
'Consistent
signatures
urban
adaptation
native,
invader
ant
Tapinoma
sessile
paper',
runner-up
Prize.
al.
(2022)
genetic,
behavioural,
chemical
populations
sessile.
They
documented
multiple
transitions
organization
response
urbanization,
restricted
between
populations,
adding
growing
human-altered
habitats
profoundly
influence
species.
saw
loss
two
distinguished
longest-serving
editors,
Robert
(Bob)
Wayne
Louis
Bernatchez.
Both
joined
1997
became
senior
1999.
Bob
helped
Aims
Scope
authored
sentence,
'Molecular
publishes
utilize
techniques
address
consequential
ecology,
evolution,
behaviour,
conservation',
primary
guide
decisions.
When
passed
away
December
he
editor
(26
years!).
addition
regular
15
(2004–2018),
recruiting
dozen
reviews
topics
covered
full
disciplinary
microbes
plants
animals
population
genetics
interactions
environmental
genomics.
(119!)
any
author.
recognition
many
2016
lieu
society
ecologists,
intellectual
home
community.
includes
(see
above),
focuses
Resources,
News
Views
perspectives,
issues,
reviews,
opinion
so
forth.
Ecologist
(http://www.molecularecologist.com/),
covers
news
reported
venues
beyond
Ecology,
eye
interests
people
necessarily
experts
field.
Please
let
us
know
you
would
like
contribute
perspective,
review,
opinion,
organize
issue.
annual
highlight
advances
(below).
Every
impactful
chosen
board
perspectives.
Among
these,
few
standout
From
Cover
pieces.
nine
pieces
showcase
how
applications
analytical
advanced
understanding
novel
across
organizational
scales,
time.
Three
Gaertner
(2023),
Shi
Bucholz
examine
adaptation,
flow,
speciation
biological
scales—from
cellular
levels.
Understanding
evolutionary
forces
shape
architecture
underpinning
adaptive
elucidating
evolve
changing
environments.
concept,
(2023)
analyse
genome-wide
broadcast-spawning
nest-spawning
riverine
fish
species,
expected
differ
levels
flow.
find
that,
general,
higher
associated
tighter
clustering
alleles,
protects
recombination.
perspective
piece,
Schaal
explain
'provides
empirical
foundational
theoretical
simulation
studies'
helps
reveal
complex
nature
evolves
different
organisms.
How
level?
question
investigating
differentiation
'housekeeping
functions'
closely
related
hares.
fibroblasts
obtained
wild
hares
regulation
differences
mountain
brown
hares,
interfertile
but
ecologically
distinct.
show
expression
patterns
hare
affect
processes
including
cell
growth,
respiration,
metabolism,
clear
impacts
cellular-level
functions.
Moreover,
Palsson
Steele
note
accompanying
'This
suggests
immortalized
utility
divergence
metabolic
traits
basis
organismal
physiology'.
Several
hypotheses
proposed
relationships
abundance
diversity.
test
three
hypotheses,
conducting
extensive
surveys
sequencing
freshwater
mussel
southeastern
USA.
more-individuals
hypothesis,
posits
areas
exhibit
greater
richness,
relationship
abundance.
they
do
positive
correlations
within-species
Petersen
Wares
conclude
'their
among-species
variability
…
pushing
forward
frontier
community-wide
assessment
applications'.
biology
long
captivated
dynamics
coevolutionary
relationships,
Epstein
Hague
Leclaire
nuanced
comprehensive
processes.
well-studied
legume-rhizobia
symbiosis,
GWAS
approaches
evaluate
selection
plant
microbial
genomes.
suggested
symbiotic
may
involve
fitness
conflicts
partners
characterized
balancing
symbiosis
genes,
little
hypothesis.
Instead,
show,
legume
rhizobial
partners,
involved
primarily
stabilizing
selection.
As
Carlson
Frederickson
write
indicates
'that
there
ongoing
conflict
legumes
rhizobia
host
symbiont
genomes'.
Antagonistic
lead
coevolution,
often
arms
race
organisms
involved.
cases
coevolution
cascading
effects
trophic
fascinating
system
toxic
Pacific
newts
predators,
garter
snakes,
geographic
mosaic
escalation,
increase
newt
toxicity
matched
increased
toxin
resistance
retention
snakes.
Using
combination
experimental
observational
identify
clines
snakes
hotspots
bright
coloration,
serving
aposematic
signal
own
predators.
Thompson
notes
paired
'the
ripple
throughout
networks
interacting
species'.
Whether
host-microbiome
classified
remains
topic
some
debate.
Nevertheless,
recent
revealing
far-reaching
microbiome,
extend
health
reproductive
outcomes.
microbiome's
black-legged
kittiwake,
seabird
specific
compositions
portions
female
bird's
body
(neck
flank
feathers,
choanae,
outer
bill,
cloaca)
success,
same
result
male
birds.
Turjeman
correlative
fitness—a
deserves
additional
study.
Research
documenting
Anthropocene
shaping
biodiversity
increasingly
focusing
implications
future
affected
ecosystems
inhabit.
Beichman
Crossley
Kocher
approach
vastly
systems
angles,
demonstrating
anthropogenic
activity
context-specific.
declines
California
sea
otter
nearly
hunted
extinction
18th–19th
centuries.
Kreiner
Booker
'combine
spatiotemporal
set
simulations
only
quantify
demographic
change
exploitation,
consequences
collapse
persistence'.
decline
forward-in-time
modelling
could
negative
recovery
populations.
buffered
historically
low
effective
prior
fur
trade.
human
activities,
trade,
had
obvious
diversity,
others
apparent.
ways
land
change,
specifically
agriculture,
aquatic
Utilizing
existing
700
croplands
degraded
sharpest
observed
1950s.
contrast,
rebounds
converted
uses,
even
urbanization.
Atmore
Buss
highlights
power
publicly
answer
regarding
current
biospheric
emergency'.
Theories
disease
prevalence
importance
Anthropocene,
difficult
because
life
histories
pathogens.
'dilution
effect'
theory,
wherein
pathogens
controlled
presence
inefficient
vectors
ecosystem.
combine
DNA
metabarcoding
innovative
tropical
parasite
Leishmania,
mammalian
reservoirs,
sand
fly
vectors.
decrease
infection
flies
mammal
high,
dilution
effect,
density
sandflies,
leading
overall
effect
infected
vectors,
which,
Levi
Massey
point
indicator
Leishmania
transmission
risk'.
Opinion
present
ideas
viewpoints
relevant
ecology.
These
opinions
speculative
controversial
discussion
debate
discipline.
six
Pegg
describe
efforts
forecast
risk
cross-species
transmission,
received
attention
COVID-19
pandemic.
make
sugars,
glycans,
coat
surface
macromolecules
accuracy
assessment.
another
broadly
paper,
Čapková
Frydrychová
argues
key
assumptions
telomere
aging
hold
considered
taxa,
discrepancies
resolved
context
strategies.
Two
focused
utilized
reversal
days
phylogeography
genomics,
report
nuclear
genome
only.
noted
Blair
unfortunate
oversight
organellar
identification,
addressing
dispersal
mechanisms
limits.
Blanchet
put
framework—based
phylogenetically
conserved
candidate
genes
functional
traits—for
eco-evolutionary
scales.
longstanding
questions.
One
maintenance
history
loci
Arnqvist
Rowe
hypothesize
frequency-dependent
responsible
polymorphism
major
epistatic
piece
tackles
confusion
inconsistent
terms
parallel
convergent
Cerca
relation
ancestral
condition,
taking
place
condition
arising
conditions.
being
done
emerging
entitled
'Ecological
Inferences
Long-Read
Sequencing'.
Dan
Bock,
Jianquan
Liu,
Polina
Novikova,
Loren
Rieseberg
editorial,
compilation
19
'highlights
utilizing
long-read
roles
repetitive
otherwise
loci'
(Bock
issue
diverse
plants,
animals,
bacteria,
viruses,
share
common
themes:
profiling
epigenetic
modifications
(Nielsen
2023),
novelty
(Burley
2023;
Ferguson
Peona
Wierzbicki
genomics
(Li,
Yang,
Yan
(Cohen
Hotaling
Li,
Wang,
Nacif
Shipilina
Xie
Zhu
hybridization
(Mérot
Wersebe
Zhang
(Handy
van
Steenbrugge
works
variation,
while
traditionally
study,
substantial
contribution
speciation'
Special
Issue,
Human-Associated
Microbes,
edited
Tatiana
Giraud,
Jeanne
Ropars,
Eva
Stukenbrock,
Katherine
Ryan
Amato,
Ricardo
Rodriguez
de
la
Vega.
21
focus
various
types
domesticates,
pathogens,
host-associated
microbiota,
metagenomics,
laboratory
experiments.
whole,
main
subjects:
domesticated
microorganisms
thriving
environments
(Harrouard
Silva
von
Gastrow
fungal
(Ali
Louet
Rogério
Saubin
Stalder
Wang
Zewdie
metagenomics
microbiomes
(Bischofberger
&
Hall,
Corsi
Mac
Alpine
Moeller,
Pedro
Peimbert
Alcaraz,
Tessandier
Yuan
crops
(Gao
Richard
Collectively
Issue
'underline
huge
environment
emergence
spread
provided
mutualistic
fungi
bacteria'
(Giraud
Finally,
Insights
Ecological
Processes
via
Community
Metabarcoding
'papers
high-throughput
(HTS)
classic
particularly
(amplicon)
datasets
complementary
-omics
and/or
models/theory
infer
ecosystem
processes'
(Gillespie
impressive
collection
44
topics:
assembly
(Andujar
2022;
Arjona
Emerson
Govender
Guerrieri
Ip,
Chang,
Oh,
Kiemel
Li
Macheriotou
Menéndez-Serra
Nappi
Noguerales
Overcast
Pino
Van
der
Loos
2022),
interaction
(Ando
Bell
Dürrbaum
Encinas-Viso
Ficetola
Taberlet,
Graham
Tun,
Lowe
Lu
Lue
Pitteloud
Srivathsan
Tommasi
cross-scale
(Brinker
Câmara
dos
Reis
Hu
Kivistik
Manthey
Merges
Michel
Molina
Navine
Pereira
Perez-Lamarque
Morlon,
Rolshausen
invasive
species/homogenization
(Andrés
Hampel
Kennedy
Rosemary
Gillespie,
Holly
Bik,
Michael
Hickerson,
Henrik
Krehenwinkel,
Isaac
Overcast,
Andrew
Rominger
writes
taken
together,
gained
approaches,
dynamics'
hope
discussion,
exceptional
journal.
wish
thank
readers,
authors,
reviewers,
your
support,
welcome
suggestions
individuals
reviewing
contains
reviewed
1
October
2022
30
September
Aanen,
Duur
Abad-Recio,
Ion
Abbott,
Jessica
Abreu,
Clare
Adams,
Nicole
Rachelle
Affenzeller,
Matthias
Afiq-Rosli,
Lutfi
Aguilar,
Andres
Aguillon,
Stepfanie
Aguirre,
Windsor
Ahi,
Ehsan
Pashay
Ahrens,
Collin
Aivelo,
Tuomas
Akita,
Tetsuya
Albach,
Dirk
Alberoni,
Daniele
Aldred,
Nick
Allen,
Natalie
Allio,
Rémi
Almer,
Jasmin
Alonso,
Conchita
Alverson,
Amos,
William
Amsler,
Charles
An,
Shiheng
Anastasiad
Phytochemical Analysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 12, 2024
ABSTRACT
Introduction
Existing
methods
for
morphological,
organoleptic,
and
chemical
authentication
may
not
adequately
ensure
the
accurate
identification
of
plant
species
or
guarantee
safety.
Herbal
raw
material
remains
a
major
challenge
in
herbal
medicine.
Over
past
decade,
DNA
barcoding,
combined
with
an
orthogonal
approach
integrating
various
testing
quality
assurance,
has
emerged
as
new
trend
authentication.
Objective
The
review
evaluates
barcoding
common
alternative
plant‐related
sectors
to
enhance
assurance
Method
Studies
were
selected
based
on
their
relevance
identification,
safety
products.
Inclusion
criteria
peer‐reviewed
articles,
systematic
reviews,
relevant
case
studies
from
last
two
decades
focused
methods,
applications.
Exclusion
involved
lacking
empirical
data,
those
peer‐reviewed,
unrelated
main
focus.
This
ensured
inclusion
high‐quality,
pertinent
sources
while
excluding
less
studies.
Results
An
refers
use
multiple,
independent
that
provide
complementary
information
more
assurance.
reduces
false
positives
negatives
by
confirming
results
through
different
techniques,
combining
morphological
analysis
profiling.
It
enhances
confidence
results,
particularly
cases
potential
adulteration
misidentification
materials.
Conclusion
study
highlights
persistent
challenges
assuring
quality,
purity,
Additionally,
it
stresses
importance
incorporating
DNA‐based
alongside
traditional
identification.
Transactions in GIS,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
27(3), P. 777 - 796
Published: April 24, 2023
Abstract
Pollen
is
one
of
the
most
durable
environmental
materials
that
law
enforcement
agencies
recover
as
trace
evidence
from
people
and
objects.
Although
links
between
objects
geographic
locations
are
essential
during
legal
investigations,
approach
using
pollen
other
microbial
fingerprints
to
build
these
in
an
analytical
framework
still
underutilized.
This
study
uses
bees
mobile
collects
traces
a
test
case
determine
efficacy
predictive
geolocation
efforts
with
recovered
species
distribution
models
at
both
subcontinental
global
scales.
Results
demonstrate
promising
performance
capability
identification
possible
location
history
extents.
When
coupling
categories
evidentiary
items,
this
attribution
can
aid
personnel
refining
investigation
priorities
optimizing
search
strategies.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 13, 2023
Abstract
With
the
breakthrough
of
DNA
(meta)-barcoding,
it
soon
became
clear
that
one
most
critical
steps
for
accurate
taxonomic
identification
is
to
have
an
reference
database
barcode
marker
choice.
Therefore,
developing
such
a
has
been
long-term
ambition,
especially
in
Viridiplantae
kingdom.
Typically,
databases
are
constructed
from
sequences
downloaded
general
public
databases,
which
can
carry
and
other
relevant
errors.
Herein,
we
curated
(i)
global
database,
(ii)
European
crop
(iii)
27
EU
countries
ITS2
barcoding
vascular
plants.
To
end,
first
developed
pipeline
script
entails
automated
curation
stage
comprising
five
filters,
manual
correction
misclassified
taxa,
addition
newly
sequenced
species.
The
allows
easy
updating
database.
this
approach,
13%
sequences,
corresponding
7%
species,
originally
imported
GenBank
were
discarded.
Further,
259
added
now
comprises
307,977
111,382
plant
Molecular Ecology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(1)
Published: Dec. 25, 2023
Molecular
Ecology
(MEC)
continues
to
be
one
of
the
largest
and
most
influential
journals
in
fields
ecology
evolution.
In
2022,
a
total
434
citable
items
were
published
journal,
ranking
third
out
53
Clarivate's
list
Evolutionary
Biology
sixth
171
journals.
A
similar
pattern
is
seen
for
citations,
where
MEC
was
cited
40,823
times
(third
fourth
Ecology).
Additional
metrics
include
journal
impact
factor
(4.9;
eighth
Biology)
EigenFactor
(0.030,
fifth
Biology).
The
latter
metric
measures
number
articles
from
past
five
years
have
been
focal
year.
Google
Scholar's
h5-index,
which
h-index
over
years,
offers
longer
term
measure
influence.
has
an
h5-index
72,
ranks
among
Lastly,
downloads
demonstrate
wide
interest
research
MEC,
reaching
close
1.9
million
2021
2022.
first
evolution
require
that
data
supporting
results
papers
archived
appropriate
public
archive
(Rieseberg
et
al.,
2010).
Over
we
expanded
policy
code,
programming
scripts,
software,
as
well
detailed
metadata.
Earlier
this
year,
members
Resources
(MER)
Editorial
Board
(along
with
editors
other
journals)
contributed
article
Evolution
established
minimum
standards
code
(Jenkins
2023).
While
recommendations
largely
reinforce
what
are
already
doing,
provides
description
best
practices
archiving
data,
metadata,
such
analyses
given
study
can
fully
replicated.
We
will
linking
recommendation
our
author
guidelines.
also
transitioning
requiring
made
available
reviewers
during
peer
review.
2020,
editorial
indicate
support
Nagoya
Protocol
principle
benefit
sharing,
educate
authors
readers
about
their
responsibilities
under
(Marden
2020).
encourages
disclose
benefits
generated
by
Protocol.
This
followed
encouraged
use
Biocultural,
Traditional
Knowledge,
Cultural
Institution
Notices
(Liggins
2021).
Such
intended
raise
visibility
Indigenous
communities
within
systems,
encourage
collaboration
communities,
provide
platform
them
develop
methodologies
permissions
biodiversity-related
on
indigenous
land.
To
continue
momentum,
'Indigenous
perspectives/methodologies'
added
area
aims
scope,
perspectives'
'traditional
ecological
knowledge'
keywords
MEC/MER
websites.
Authors
now
select
perspectives
methodologies'
manuscript
subject
when
submitting
article,
submitted
using
new
assigned
who
expertise
experience
space.
Like
publishers,
Wiley
developed
policies
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
tools
ChatGPT
large
language
models
(https://authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html).
Because
AIs
lack
legal
standing
cannot
held
accountable
or
design,
does
not
permit
listed
articles.
However,
if
AI
used
development,
requires
contributions
described
Methods
Acknowledgements.
Final
decisions
whether
usage
permissible
board.
case
Board,
believe
represents
potentially
valuable
editing
tool
improve
readability
manuscripts,
reducing
barriers
publication
researchers,
especially
those
speak
English
second
language.
improving
spelling,
grammar,
clarity,
ask
acknowledge
development
required
policy.
2023,
maintained
robust
social
media
presence,
building
upon
success
previous
years.
molecology
X
account
(formerly
Twitter)
boasted
following
7400
followers,
average
more
than
49
tweets
posted
per
month.
Monthly
impressions
reached
28,500,
slightly
less
likely
due
changes
landscape
year
concerns
academics
these
changes.
enhance
outreach,
collaborated
team
(WileyEcolEvol)
strategically
broaden
audience.
monitor
community
trends
explore
possibilities
better
serve
molecular
community,
providing
crucial
direct
source
information
scientific
work
MER.
conjunction
X,
continued
commitment
in-house
through
Spotlight
blog
2023.
With
142
posts
since
2019,
featured
interviews
highlighted
papers,
amassing
23,000
visitors
37,000
views.
adopted
way
interviewing
tailored
questions
dynamism
promote
deeper
engagement
authors.
should
help
lay
broader
understand
conducted
ecologists
its
implications.
It
fundamental
mission
MER
hands-on
training
duties
outstanding
early
career
researchers.
PhD
postdoctoral
recognized
Harry
Smith
prize,
invited
join
Junior
(JEB).
ensure
JEB
useful
experiences
members,
process
implementing
three-year
stepped
programme
designed
offer
exposure
range
tasks.
Our
together
execute
running
platforms
(Twitter
Blog)
creating
content
increasing
journal's
visibility.
addition,
second-year
gain
manuscripts
guidance
mentor.
final
tenure,
attracting
research,
organizing
special
issues
review
Together,
enthusiasm,
forms
invaluable
asset
Prize
awarded
annually
'an
scientist
significant
ecology',
selected
independent
award
committee.
Dr.
Uma
Ramakrishnan,
Professor
at
National
Centre
Biological
Sciences,
Bangalore,
India.
Ramakrishnan
known
her
studies
tiger
mammals,
'poster
children'
India's
natural
resources.
Her
included
census
estimates
combined
camera
traps
genetic
surveys,
historical
inferences
museum
specimens,
demonstrations
gene
flow
impacting
genomic
variation
inbreeding
depression.
Ramakrishnan's
led
conservation
applications,
example
evidence
Supreme
Court
ruling
wildlife
corridors
must
certain
highway
expansions.
science
communication
service
exemplary,
she
important
role
model
scientists
around
world.
recognizes
paper
graduate
students
scholars
no
5
fellowship
experience.
prize
named
after
FRS,
founded
served
both
Chief
Managing
Editor
critical
He
until
2008,
went
his
early-career
scholars.
2023
Antonino
Malacrinò
'Host
species
identity
shapes
diversity
structure
insect
microbiota'
(Malacrinò,
2022).
His
work,
'Invited
Reviews
Syntheses'
presents
leveraging
powerful
open
insights
into
field
microbiome
research.
committee,
up
excellent
Alexander
Blumenfeld
colleagues
titled,
'Consistent
signatures
urban
adaptation
native,
invader
ant
Tapinoma
sessile
paper',
runner-up
Prize.
al.
(2022)
genetic,
behavioural,
chemical
populations
sessile.
They
documented
multiple
transitions
organization
response
urbanization,
restricted
between
populations,
adding
growing
human-altered
habitats
profoundly
influence
species.
saw
loss
two
distinguished
longest-serving
editors,
Robert
(Bob)
Wayne
Louis
Bernatchez.
Both
joined
1997
became
senior
1999.
Bob
helped
Aims
Scope
authored
sentence,
'Molecular
publishes
utilize
techniques
address
consequential
ecology,
evolution,
behaviour,
conservation',
primary
guide
decisions.
When
passed
away
December
he
editor
(26
years!).
addition
regular
15
(2004–2018),
recruiting
dozen
reviews
topics
covered
full
disciplinary
microbes
plants
animals
population
genetics
interactions
environmental
genomics.
(119!)
any
author.
recognition
many
2016
lieu
society
ecologists,
intellectual
home
community.
includes
(see
above),
focuses
Resources,
News
Views
perspectives,
issues,
reviews,
opinion
so
forth.
Ecologist
(http://www.molecularecologist.com/),
covers
news
reported
venues
beyond
Ecology,
eye
interests
people
necessarily
experts
field.
Please
let
us
know
you
would
like
contribute
perspective,
review,
opinion,
organize
issue.
annual
highlight
advances
(below).
Every
impactful
chosen
board
perspectives.
Among
these,
few
standout
From
Cover
pieces.
nine
pieces
showcase
how
applications
analytical
advanced
understanding
novel
across
organizational
scales,
time.
Three
Gaertner
(2023),
Shi
Bucholz
examine
adaptation,
flow,
speciation
biological
scales—from
cellular
levels.
Understanding
evolutionary
forces
shape
architecture
underpinning
adaptive
elucidating
evolve
changing
environments.
concept,
(2023)
analyse
genome-wide
broadcast-spawning
nest-spawning
riverine
fish
species,
expected
differ
levels
flow.
find
that,
general,
higher
associated
tighter
clustering
alleles,
protects
recombination.
perspective
piece,
Schaal
explain
'provides
empirical
foundational
theoretical
simulation
studies'
helps
reveal
complex
nature
evolves
different
organisms.
How
level?
question
investigating
differentiation
'housekeeping
functions'
closely
related
hares.
fibroblasts
obtained
wild
hares
regulation
differences
mountain
brown
hares,
interfertile
but
ecologically
distinct.
show
expression
patterns
hare
affect
processes
including
cell
growth,
respiration,
metabolism,
clear
impacts
cellular-level
functions.
Moreover,
Palsson
Steele
note
accompanying
'This
suggests
immortalized
utility
divergence
metabolic
traits
basis
organismal
physiology'.
Several
hypotheses
proposed
relationships
abundance
diversity.
test
three
hypotheses,
conducting
extensive
surveys
sequencing
freshwater
mussel
southeastern
USA.
more-individuals
hypothesis,
posits
areas
exhibit
greater
richness,
relationship
abundance.
they
do
positive
correlations
within-species
Petersen
Wares
conclude
'their
among-species
variability
…
pushing
forward
frontier
community-wide
assessment
applications'.
biology
long
captivated
dynamics
coevolutionary
relationships,
Epstein
Hague
Leclaire
nuanced
comprehensive
processes.
well-studied
legume-rhizobia
symbiosis,
GWAS
approaches
evaluate
selection
plant
microbial
genomes.
suggested
symbiotic
may
involve
fitness
conflicts
partners
characterized
balancing
symbiosis
genes,
little
hypothesis.
Instead,
show,
legume
rhizobial
partners,
involved
primarily
stabilizing
selection.
As
Carlson
Frederickson
write
indicates
'that
there
ongoing
conflict
legumes
rhizobia
host
symbiont
genomes'.
Antagonistic
lead
coevolution,
often
arms
race
organisms
involved.
cases
coevolution
cascading
effects
trophic
fascinating
system
toxic
Pacific
newts
predators,
garter
snakes,
geographic
mosaic
escalation,
increase
newt
toxicity
matched
increased
toxin
resistance
retention
snakes.
Using
combination
experimental
observational
identify
clines
snakes
hotspots
bright
coloration,
serving
aposematic
signal
own
predators.
Thompson
notes
paired
'the
ripple
throughout
networks
interacting
species'.
Whether
host-microbiome
classified
remains
topic
some
debate.
Nevertheless,
recent
revealing
far-reaching
microbiome,
extend
health
reproductive
outcomes.
microbiome's
black-legged
kittiwake,
seabird
specific
compositions
portions
female
bird's
body
(neck
flank
feathers,
choanae,
outer
bill,
cloaca)
success,
same
result
male
birds.
Turjeman
correlative
fitness—a
deserves
additional
study.
Research
documenting
Anthropocene
shaping
biodiversity
increasingly
focusing
implications
future
affected
ecosystems
inhabit.
Beichman
Crossley
Kocher
approach
vastly
systems
angles,
demonstrating
anthropogenic
activity
context-specific.
declines
California
sea
otter
nearly
hunted
extinction
18th–19th
centuries.
Kreiner
Booker
'combine
spatiotemporal
set
simulations
only
quantify
demographic
change
exploitation,
consequences
collapse
persistence'.
decline
forward-in-time
modelling
could
negative
recovery
populations.
buffered
historically
low
effective
prior
fur
trade.
human
activities,
trade,
had
obvious
diversity,
others
apparent.
ways
land
change,
specifically
agriculture,
aquatic
Utilizing
existing
700
croplands
degraded
sharpest
observed
1950s.
contrast,
rebounds
converted
uses,
even
urbanization.
Atmore
Buss
highlights
power
publicly
answer
regarding
current
biospheric
emergency'.
Theories
disease
prevalence
importance
Anthropocene,
difficult
because
life
histories
pathogens.
'dilution
effect'
theory,
wherein
pathogens
controlled
presence
inefficient
vectors
ecosystem.
combine
DNA
metabarcoding
innovative
tropical
parasite
Leishmania,
mammalian
reservoirs,
sand
fly
vectors.
decrease
infection
flies
mammal
high,
dilution
effect,
density
sandflies,
leading
overall
effect
infected
vectors,
which,
Levi
Massey
point
indicator
Leishmania
transmission
risk'.
Opinion
present
ideas
viewpoints
relevant
ecology.
These
opinions
speculative
controversial
discussion
debate
discipline.
six
Pegg
describe
efforts
forecast
risk
cross-species
transmission,
received
attention
COVID-19
pandemic.
make
sugars,
glycans,
coat
surface
macromolecules
accuracy
assessment.
another
broadly
paper,
Čapková
Frydrychová
argues
key
assumptions
telomere
aging
hold
considered
taxa,
discrepancies
resolved
context
strategies.
Two
focused
utilized
reversal
days
phylogeography
genomics,
report
nuclear
genome
only.
noted
Blair
unfortunate
oversight
organellar
identification,
addressing
dispersal
mechanisms
limits.
Blanchet
put
framework—based
phylogenetically
conserved
candidate
genes
functional
traits—for
eco-evolutionary
scales.
longstanding
questions.
One
maintenance
history
loci
Arnqvist
Rowe
hypothesize
frequency-dependent
responsible
polymorphism
major
epistatic
piece
tackles
confusion
inconsistent
terms
parallel
convergent
Cerca
relation
ancestral
condition,
taking
place
condition
arising
conditions.
being
done
emerging
entitled
'Ecological
Inferences
Long-Read
Sequencing'.
Dan
Bock,
Jianquan
Liu,
Polina
Novikova,
Loren
Rieseberg
editorial,
compilation
19
'highlights
utilizing
long-read
roles
repetitive
otherwise
loci'
(Bock
issue
diverse
plants,
animals,
bacteria,
viruses,
share
common
themes:
profiling
epigenetic
modifications
(Nielsen
2023),
novelty
(Burley
2023;
Ferguson
Peona
Wierzbicki
genomics
(Li,
Yang,
Yan
(Cohen
Hotaling
Li,
Wang,
Nacif
Shipilina
Xie
Zhu
hybridization
(Mérot
Wersebe
Zhang
(Handy
van
Steenbrugge
works
variation,
while
traditionally
study,
substantial
contribution
speciation'
Special
Issue,
Human-Associated
Microbes,
edited
Tatiana
Giraud,
Jeanne
Ropars,
Eva
Stukenbrock,
Katherine
Ryan
Amato,
Ricardo
Rodriguez
de
la
Vega.
21
focus
various
types
domesticates,
pathogens,
host-associated
microbiota,
metagenomics,
laboratory
experiments.
whole,
main
subjects:
domesticated
microorganisms
thriving
environments
(Harrouard
Silva
von
Gastrow
fungal
(Ali
Louet
Rogério
Saubin
Stalder
Wang
Zewdie
metagenomics
microbiomes
(Bischofberger
&
Hall,
Corsi
Mac
Alpine
Moeller,
Pedro
Peimbert
Alcaraz,
Tessandier
Yuan
crops
(Gao
Richard
Collectively
Issue
'underline
huge
environment
emergence
spread
provided
mutualistic
fungi
bacteria'
(Giraud
Finally,
Insights
Ecological
Processes
via
Community
Metabarcoding
'papers
high-throughput
(HTS)
classic
particularly
(amplicon)
datasets
complementary
-omics
and/or
models/theory
infer
ecosystem
processes'
(Gillespie
impressive
collection
44
topics:
assembly
(Andujar
2022;
Arjona
Emerson
Govender
Guerrieri
Ip,
Chang,
Oh,
Kiemel
Li
Macheriotou
Menéndez-Serra
Nappi
Noguerales
Overcast
Pino
Van
der
Loos
2022),
interaction
(Ando
Bell
Dürrbaum
Encinas-Viso
Ficetola
Taberlet,
Graham
Tun,
Lowe
Lu
Lue
Pitteloud
Srivathsan
Tommasi
cross-scale
(Brinker
Câmara
dos
Reis
Hu
Kivistik
Manthey
Merges
Michel
Molina
Navine
Pereira
Perez-Lamarque
Morlon,
Rolshausen
invasive
species/homogenization
(Andrés
Hampel
Kennedy
Rosemary
Gillespie,
Holly
Bik,
Michael
Hickerson,
Henrik
Krehenwinkel,
Isaac
Overcast,
Andrew
Rominger
writes
taken
together,
gained
approaches,
dynamics'
hope
discussion,
exceptional
journal.
wish
thank
readers,
authors,
reviewers,
your
support,
welcome
suggestions
individuals
reviewing
contains
reviewed
1
October
2022
30
September
Aanen,
Duur
Abad-Recio,
Ion
Abbott,
Jessica
Abreu,
Clare
Adams,
Nicole
Rachelle
Affenzeller,
Matthias
Afiq-Rosli,
Lutfi
Aguilar,
Andres
Aguillon,
Stepfanie
Aguirre,
Windsor
Ahi,
Ehsan
Pashay
Ahrens,
Collin
Aivelo,
Tuomas
Akita,
Tetsuya
Albach,
Dirk
Alberoni,
Daniele
Aldred,
Nick
Allen,
Natalie
Allio,
Rémi
Almer,
Jasmin
Alonso,
Conchita
Alverson,
Amos,
William
Amsler,
Charles
An,
Shiheng
Anastasiad