Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Featuring research on boreal forest resilience, microbial community invasion, evolution of sexual size dimorphism, and a Progress article on generative AI for ecology
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AnalysisOpen Access05 Feb 2025
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Insights from a century of data reveal global trends in ex situ living plant collections
The authors collate a meta-collection of ex situ living plant diversity held in 50 botanical collections worldwide, spanning a century of data and currently containing ~500,000 accessions. Their analyses examine the capacities and constraints within living plant collections, reveal the impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its consequences for material exchange and conservation, and call for the re-evaluation of strategic priorities.
- Ángela Cano
- Jake Powell
- Samuel F. Brockington
ArticleOpen Access21 Jan 2025
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Open Collection: Archaeology & Environment
In this Collection, we welcome submissions furthering our understanding of the interactions between humans and our environment, from the origins of ancient hominins up to recent history. We are seeking multi-disciplinary research spanning archaeology, anthropology and palaeoecology, leveraging diverse types of data and approaches.
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100 years of Australopithecus
On 7 February 1925, Nature published a paper on a ‘missing link’ – the fossil of a form intermediate between apes and humans. The fossil, named Australopithecus africanus, confirmed Darwin’s suspicions that human origins lay in Africa, and opened the door to the study of human evolution in Africa. To mark the centenary, we proudly present a collection of 100 papers on palaeoanthropology in Africa.
Latest Research articles
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Brief Communication24 Mar 2025
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ArticleOpen Access24 Mar 2025
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Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere
Even outside urban and agricultural areas, ecosystems are vastly transformed as a result of human activities. Here the authors map patterns in climate change, defaunation and floristic disruption to quantify the global exposure of ecosystems to novel conditions.
- Matthew R. Kerr
- Alejandro Ordonez
- Jens-Christian Svenning
Article14 Mar 2025
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Ecological novelty is the new norm on our planet
A global analysis of altered species compositions and climate change reveals the extent to which ecosystems, including in protected areas and biodiversity hotspots, are exposed to novel conditions due to anthropogenic forces.
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An eco-evolutionary game of hide-and-seek
Genomic and demographic analysis of an alpine plant–insect herbivore system shows that plants can use defensive camouflage to escape herbivores in an eco-evolutionary game of hide-and-seek that has been playing out for millennia.
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Mosaic evolution of eukaryotic carbon metabolism
A comparative genomic investigation of metabolism across the tree of life supports the hypothesis that syntrophy — metabolic exchange between symbiotic partners — had a key role in the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
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Changes in sight and smell in early primate evolution
Whether sensory ‘trade-offs’ between vision and olfaction existed during diversifications of early primates is still an open question. By combining genomic, molecular and neuroanatomical evidence, these new results support sensory shifts and not just trade-offs during primate evolution.
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