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{"title":"Coffee spillovers","authors":"Simon Harold","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03177-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41559-026-03177-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"10 9","pages":"1590-1590"},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148795821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variation in the costs and ecological benefits of tropical natural forest regeneration","authors":"Jiaqi Li, Matthew S. Luskin, Robin L. Chazdon, Brooke A. Williams","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03154-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03154-7","url":null,"abstract":"Natural regeneration is a cost-effective alternative to tree planting for restoring degraded and converted tropical forests, contributing to climate mitigation and biodiversity recovery. However, global variation in its costs and benefits remains poorly quantified, limiting the ability of restoration programmes to strategically leverage its full potential. Here we assess this variation by integrating data on costs and ecological benefits across the tropics, spanning 7.49 million km2 of land with biophysical potential for natural forest regeneration. If completely regenerated, this additional forested area could accumulate approximately 9.57 Gt C over 30 years and reduce the overall extinction risk of forest-dependent species by about 31% relative to a baseline. We show that Indonesia, Madagascar, Philippines, México and Malaysia have the largest areas with high carbon and biodiversity benefits at low costs, which we refer to as ‘holistic hotspots’ for natural regeneration. We find that cost-effective areas with high carbon or high biodiversity benefits alone show different spatial patterns from holistic hotspots. These tradeoffs in achieving both benefits reduce the area of holistic hotspots to 9.67% of the entire study region. The cost–benefit maps we provide can enable decision-makers to improve their spatial planning and investment to achieve their forest restoration goals.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148769369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Insufficient tree acclimation","authors":"Walter Andriuzzi","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03169-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41559-026-03169-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"10 9","pages":"1589-1589"},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148795798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High-integrity biodiversity credits through recognition of culturally salient species.","authors":"Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, Mali Ole Kaunga, Joseph Larpei, Willy Naimado, Stephen Masikonte, Victorlyn Mukiri, Judy Oreheya, Vivian Silole, Natalie York","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03167-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03167-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148795824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies with biome and disturbance","authors":"Sara Giulia Cazzaniga, Thomas Lauber, Johan van den Hoogen, Evelyn M. Beaury, C. Guillermo Bueno, James D. Bever, Gabriella Damasceno, Jane Catford, Jonathan Lenoir, Adam Martin, Akira S. Mori, Alexander Novakovskiy, Alvaro G. Gutiérrez, Ana González-Robles, André Luís de Gasper, Angela Moles, Angela Stanisci, Anikó Csecserits, Anke Jentsch, Anna Kuzemko, Antonio J. Perea, Ashish Nerlekar, Avishkar Munje, Behlül Güler, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Bruno Hérault, Bruno X. Pinho, Chris Baraloto, Christian Rossi, Daniel Hending, Daniel C. Laughlin, Dave Rogers, David Schellenberger Costa, Dinesh Thakur, Domas Uogintas, Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Evan Weiher, Evert Thomas, Fernando Gonçalves, Flávio Rodrigues, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Frank M. Schurr, Franz Essl, Georg Zizka, Gianmaria Bonari, Grzegorz Swacha, Han Y. H. Chen, Helge Bruelheide, Henry Ford, Hua-Feng Wang, Idoia Biurrun, Isabelle Aubin, Iwona Dembicz, Jacob Willie, Jan Altman, Jens-Christian Svenning, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Jiri Dolezal, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, John Hunter, Julie Messier, Jürgen Dengler, Jürgen Homeier, Kate H. Orwin, Kirill Korznikov, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Manuel J. Macía, Marco Schmidt, Marco Varricchione, Marcos Bergmann Carlucci, Marko Spasojevic, Melisa A. Giorgis, Milan Chytrý, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Mohamed Z. Hatim, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Neha Mohanbabu, Oliver L. Phillips, Peter B. Reich, Remigiusz Pielech, Ricard Arasa-Gisbert, Riccardo Guarino, Riccardo Testolin, Rubén Tarifa, Sharif A. Mukul, Shyam S. Phartyal, Sylvain Schmitt, Sylvia Haider, Tetiana Dziuba, Tomas Domingues, Udayangani Liu, Valentin Golub, Vasco Silva, Veronika Fontana, Vigdis Vandvik, W. Daniel Kissling, Zvjezdana Stančić, Marten Winter, Thomas W. Crowther, Camille S. Delavaux","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03144-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41559-026-03144-9","url":null,"abstract":"Predicting which non-native plant species will become established and where is critical for conserving and managing biodiversity. Theory suggests that the mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants may predict their establishment success. Here we combine a global dataset of 440,788 vegetation plots with data on plant native status and mycorrhizal type to assess mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants. The mycorrhizal strategy of non-native plants varies strongly across biomes. Across grassland and desert biomes, non-native species are more frequently non-mycorrhizal than native species, whereas in other biomes non-native species are more likely to be mycorrhizal, most commonly arbuscular-mycorrhizal. Disturbance type and intensity are key predictors of mycorrhizal strategy of non-native species, as mycorrhizal species are favoured by landscape modification and non-mycorrhizal species by natural and human-caused disturbance events. Facultatively mycorrhizal species are consistently under-represented among non-native plants compared with natives, suggesting that symbiotic flexibility does not confer an advantage for non-natives as previously expected. Our study shows that non-native mycorrhizal strategy varies across biogeographical contexts and disturbance, highlighting the need for region-specific prevention and management approaches to plant species introductions. Mycorrhizal strategy could be one of the factors that explain why certain non-native species become successful invaders. This study tests this idea at the global scale and explores geographic patterns and putative drivers of mycorrhizal strategies of non-native naturalized plants.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"10 9","pages":"1644-1657"},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03144-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148769148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trophic hotspots as a perspective for understanding and managing ecosystem function","authors":"Timothy J. Fernandes, Kayla R. S. Hale, Bailey C. McMeans, Tyler D. Tunney, Kevin S. McCann","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03158-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41559-026-03158-3","url":null,"abstract":"The functions of ecosystems emerge from dynamic environments characterized by spatiotemporal heterogeneity, especially in the distribution of nutrients and organisms. This heterogeneity results in the emergence of biological hotspots, localized regions with disproportionate contributions to ecosystem functioning and biodiversity globally. While traditional hotspot approaches (for example, biodiversity hotspots) rely on static boundaries of high species endemism, trophic hotspots are highly dynamic, emerging from the localized concentration, mobilization and propagation of energy or limiting nutrients across landscapes through the foraging movements of diverse consumer taxa. Here we synthesize theory across community, foraging and food web ecologies to present trophic hotspots as a useful entry point towards studying and understanding cross-scale processes in ecology. We contend that the mechanisms that generate trophic hotspots, from marine upwellings and mineral licks to mass animal migrations, result from the same fundamental processes across ecosystems. Importantly, these hotspots reflect a critical form of spatiotemporal heterogeneity that contributes to the maintenance of function in the face of perturbations (that is, resilience). Finally, we argue that trophic hotspots represent valuable focal points for the proactive conservation and management of ecological systems in a rapidly changing world. Foraging species create locations of high concentration and mobilization of energy and nutrients as they move across landscapes. This Perspective discusses how these trophic hotspots are generated and how they contribute to ecosystem function.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"10 9","pages":"1593-1602"},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148795781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Widespread thermophilization but weak link to climate warming in Europe’s summit plant communities","authors":"Johannes Hausharter, Johannes Wessely, Norbert Helm, Kryštof Chytrý, Karl Hülber, Dietmar Moser, Mary Carolina García Lino, Katharina Kagerl, Andrea Lamprecht, Jonathan Lenoir, Andreas Kollert, Andreas Mayr, Martin Rutzinger, Philippe Choler, Pieter De Frenne, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Otar Abdaladze, Chris Andrews, Peter Barančok, José-Luis Benito-Alonso, Eva M. Cañadas, Michele Carbognani, Pau Carnicero, Emmanuel Corcket, Michele Di Musciano, Jan Dick, Khatuna Gigauri, Andreas Hilpold, Juan J. Jiménez, Juan Lorite, Umberto Morra di Cella, Panagiotis Nyktas, Simone Orsenigo, Andrej Palaj, Martina Petey, Mihai Pușcaș, Christophe Randin, Ilektra Remoundou, Christian Rixen, Patrick Saccone, Angela Stanisci, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Tudor-Mihai Ursu, Thomas Vanneste, Raphael S. von Büren, Sonja Wipf, Manuela Winkler","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03150-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03150-x","url":null,"abstract":"Recent changes in alpine vegetation are often attributed to climate warming, particularly community composition shifts towards more warmth-associated species, or thermophilization. Here we assess the link between thermophilization and warming across 53 European mountain summits. We combine long-term macroclimatic and microclimatic temperature time series with vegetation surveys in 724 permanent plots, monitored over 21 years, to evaluate a possible thermophilization signal and relate it to rates of change in 10 temperature metrics. We find evidence of both thermophilization of alpine plant communities and an increase in temperatures. However, although these two trends are related when averaged across mountain regions, their relationship is weak at the individual plot scale, especially when considering microclimatic temperature metrics. Instead, substrate conditions and particularly the availability of thermophilic colonizers in the surrounding vegetation have a major influence on plot-level thermophilization rates. We conclude that the response of plant communities to climate change strongly depends on the abiotic and biotic context, and intensified monitoring efforts are needed to reduce the resulting uncertainties.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148729009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evolution and domestication-trait associations of ultra-long centromere haplotypes in pepper plants","authors":"Ming Hu, Jiahao Chen, Shaoxuan Huang, Jie Teng, Chengjie Chen, Jiahao Cao, Jiaowen Cheng, Brandon S. Gaut, Changming Chen, Zhangsheng Zhu, Yi Liao","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03143-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41559-026-03143-w","url":null,"abstract":"Centromeric and pericentromeric regions of most eukaryotic genomes are highly repetitive and strongly recombination-suppressed, confounding efforts to resolve genetic variation, population structure and phenotypic associations. Pepper (Capsicum annuum) centromeres are nearly devoid of satellite repeats, facilitating assembly and population-level comparison of centromeric regions. Here we integrate 9 near-complete genome assemblies, CENH3 ChIP-seq profiles from 26 diverse accessions, and resequencing and phenotypic data from ~400 cultivated and wild accessions to investigate population-level diversity and phenotypic relevance of pepper peri/centromeric regions. Functional centromere positions are largely fixed on 8 of 12 chromosomes, whereas the remaining 4 carry distinct centromeric epialleles shaped mainly by centromere repositioning and pericentromeric inversions. Pepper centromeres are embedded within ultra-long centromere-spanning haplotype (cenhap) blocks, ranging from 29.8 to 112.9 Mb and collectively covering 23.96% of the genome; each block contains only 1–4 major haplotypes. Some cenhaps may act as supergene-like units and are strongly associated with fruit traits, probably because recombination-suppressed intervals harbour multiple fruit-related genes, including OFP and F-box genes. F2 segregation assays further reveal transmission distortion of chromosomes carrying alternative cenhaps. Together, these findings highlight peri/centromeric regions as underrecognized reservoirs of agronomically important variation. Population genetics analysis of centromeres of cultivated and wild accessions of pepper plants (Capsicum annuum) reveals centromere diversity and organization, and shows that these chromosomal regions played a role in the selection for domesticated traits.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"10 9","pages":"1741-1757"},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148729010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Animal degradation of microbial storage polyhydroxyalkanoates","authors":"Caroline Zeidler, Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka, Dolma Michellod, Grace D’Angelo, Stefan Becker, Henry Berndt, Juliane Wippler, Marlene Violette, Manuel Kleiner, Alba Porta-Fidalgo, Rebekka S. Janke, Kristina Weinert, Manuel Liebeke, Nicole Dubilier, Maggie Sogin","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03153-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03153-8","url":null,"abstract":"A wide range of microorganisms produce storage biopolymer polyhydroxyalkanoates (sPHAs) as carbon and energy reserves. However, only bacteria and fungi are known to degrade microbial sPHAs, using enzymes called polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases (PHADs). Here we show that some animals also have PHADs that can degrade sPHAs. We discovered a PHAD in the gutless oligochaete Olavius algarvensis, a marine worm that gains nutrition by digesting bacterial symbionts, including a dominant symbiont in which sPHAs account for up to 42% of cellular carbon stores. Enzyme assays, combined with mass spectrometry, confirmed that heterologously expressed O. algarvensis PHAD degraded sPHAs into hydroxyalkanoate monomers that can enter conserved metabolic pathways. Imaging of mRNA showed that PHAD was expressed in the oligochaete epidermis, the site of symbiont digestion. We further identified PHADs in more than 66 gut-bearing animal species from nine phyla and 19 protist species from three major supergroups, suggesting that the last common ancestor of metazoans possessed PHADs. Functional assays confirmed that PHADs from phylogenetically distant animal lineages spanning aquatic and terrestrial environments degrade sPHAs. These findings reveal a previously unrecognized pathway by which protists and animals can access microbial carbon reserves, with broad relevance given the widespread occurrence of sPHAs across ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148729012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing a reverse approach to protecting traded species","authors":"Daniel W. S. Challender, Alice C. Hughes, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Amy Hinsley","doi":"10.1038/s41559-026-03161-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41559-026-03161-8","url":null,"abstract":"Reverse listing for wildlife trade — a default ban for all species unless expressly proven sustainable — is increasingly proposed as a means of addressing unregulated trade. We evaluate the potential risks and benefits of this approach, and discuss policy solutions.","PeriodicalId":18835,"journal":{"name":"Nature ecology & evolution","volume":"10 9","pages":"1582-1584"},"PeriodicalIF":17.1,"publicationDate":"2026-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148727876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}