Hot off the presses! Jan 01 Trends Ecol Evol

The Jan 01 issue of the Trends Ecol Evol is now up on Pubget (About Trends Ecol Evol): if you're at a subscribing institution, just click the link in the latest link at the home page. (Note you'll only be able to get all the PDFs in the issue if your institution subscribes to Pubget.)

Latest Articles Include:

• A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010
  Sutherland WJ Clout M Côté IM Daszak P Depledge MH Fellman L Fleishman E Garthwaite R Gibbons DW De Lurio J Impey AJ Lickorish F Lindenmayer D Madgwick J Margerison C Maynard T Peck LS Pretty J Prior S Redford KH Scharlemann JP Spalding M Watkinson AR - Trends Ecol Evol 25(1):1-7 (2010)
  Horizon scanning identifies emerging issues in a given field sufficiently early to conduct research to inform policy and practice. Our group of horizon scanners, including academics and researchers, convened to identify fifteen nascent issues that could affect the conservation of biological diversity. These include the impacts of and potential human responses to climate change, novel biological and digital technologies, novel pollutants and invasive species. We expect to repeat this process and collation annually.
• A reality check for designer biofuel landscapes
  Struebig MJ Paoli G Meijaard E - Trends Ecol Evol 25(1):7-8 (2010)
  
• The fieldworkers' wild truths
  - Trends Ecol Evol 25(1):10-11 (2010)
  
• Far from simple: insect immune defences
  - Trends Ecol Evol 25(1):12-13 (2010)
  
• Swarm intelligence in animals and humans
  Krause J Ruxton GD Krause S - Trends Ecol Evol 25(1):28-34 (2010)
  Electronic media have unlocked a hitherto largely untapped potential for swarm intelligence (SI; generally, the realisation that group living can facilitate solving cognitive problems that go beyond the capacity of single animals) in humans with relevance for areas such as company management, prediction of elections, product development and the entertainment industry. SI is a rapidly developing topic that has become a hotbed for both innovative research and wild speculation. Here, we tie together approaches from seemingly disparate areas by means of a general definition of SI to unite SI work on both animal and human groups. Furthermore, we identify criteria that are important for SI to operate and propose areas in which further progress with SI research can be made.
• Plant mating systems in a changing world
  Eckert CG Kalisz S Geber MA Sargent R Elle E Cheptou PO Goodwillie C Johnston MO Kelly JK Moeller DA Porcher E Ree RH Vallejo-Marín M Winn AA - Trends Ecol Evol 25(1):35-43 (2010)
  There is increasing evidence that human disturbance can negatively impact plant–pollinator interactions such as outcross pollination. We present a meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 27 plant species showing a significant reduction in the proportion of seeds outcrossed in response to anthropogenic habitat modifications. We discuss the evolutionary consequences of disturbance on plant mating systems, and in particular whether reproductive assurance through selfing effectively compensates for reduced outcrossing. The extent to which disturbance reduces pollinator versus mate availability could generate diverse selective forces on reproductive traits. Investigating how anthropogenic change influences plant mating will lead to new opportunities for better understanding of how mating systems evolve, as well as of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of human activities and how to mitigate them.