Friday 16 August 2013

Miguel Franco in the British Ecological Society's list of 100 most influential papers

The British Ecological Society was founded in 1913, so is celebrating its 100th year with a Festival of Ecology. As part of the celebrations, the society asked ecologists across the world to nominate their most influential paper published in the society's journals and regular publications (click on "Read more", below, to see which). The results are now in, and the 100 most influential papers are available to view in an interactive pdf. It's a great selection of classic papers, with some real favourites of mine. I'm happy to say that Miguel Franco, one of our conservation biology lecturers, has made the list with a brilliant paper on plant demography.

Silvertown J, Franco M, Pisanty I & Mendoza A (1993) Comparative plant demography - relative importance of life-cycle components to the finite rate of increase in woody and herbaceous perennials. Journal of Ecology, 81: 465-476.

You can download the full text from the interactive pdf. But please look at the rest of the papers in the list. It really is a fantastic way of broadening your ecological understanding.

And here's to the next 100 years!


For your information, here are the BES’s publications, from which the list was made:

Functional Ecology
The international journal publishing high-impact papers that enable a mechanistic understanding of ecological patterns and processes.

Journal of Animal Ecology
A leading international journal publishing the best original research on all aspects of animal ecology.

Journal of Applied Ecology 
A major international journal that publishes high-impact research of direct relevance to environmental management.

Journal of Ecology
Bringing the most important plant-related ecology to international audiences since 1913.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
The new home for statistical, field and lab methods papers in all areas of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Ecological Issues
The series that introduces the scientific evidence behind current ecological issues for non-specialist audiences.

Ecological Reviews
A book series providing a forum for topics that are focal points of current activity and progress in the field.

The Bulletin
The house journal of the British Ecological Society, sent free of charge to all our members.
- See more at: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/#sthash.GRcBoPgs.dpuf

The BES’s Publications

Functional Ecology

The international journal publishing high-impact papers that enable a mechanistic understanding of ecological patterns and processes.

Journal of Animal Ecology

A leading international journal publishing the best original research on all aspects of animal ecology.

Journal of Applied Ecology

A major international journal that publishes high-impact research of direct relevance to environmental management.

Journal of Ecology

Bringing the most important plant-related ecology to international audiences since 1913.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The new home for statistical, field and lab methods papers in all areas of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Ecological Issues

The series that introduces the scientific evidence behind current ecological issues for non-specialist audiences.

Ecological Reviews

A book series providing a forum for topics that are focal points of current activity and progress in the field.

The Bulletin

The house journal of the British Ecological Society, sent free of charge to all our members.
- See more at: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/#sthash.GRcBoPgs



Functional Ecolog
The international journal publishing high-impact papers that enable a mechanistic understanding of ecological patterns and processes.

Journal of Animal Ecology

A leading international journal publishing the best original research on all aspects of animal ecology.

Journal of Applied Ecology

A major international journal that publishes high-impact research of direct relevance to environmental management.

Journal of Ecology

Bringing the most important plant-related ecology to international audiences since 1913.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The new home for statistical, field and lab methods papers in all areas of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Ecological Issues

The series that introduces the scientific evidence behind current ecological issues for non-specialist audiences.

Ecological Reviews

A book series providing a forum for topics that are focal points of current activity and progress in the field.

The Bulletin

The house journal of the British Ecological Society, sent free of charge to all our members.
- See more at: http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/#sthash.xqL0tzDM.dpuf

4 comments:

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    1. Thanks, Nick. As you can see, I do not log into the blog very often. I should also congratulate you on your graduation. Well done and cheers!

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  2. Well done Miguel, and thank-you for this post Paul, this is just what I need to give me some good things to read while on my placement!

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    1. Thank you, Hannah! Trust everything is going well with you.

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