Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is a benefit of membership of the Ecological Society of America. International in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, Frontiers focuses on current ecological issues and environmental challenges. Frontiers is aimed at professional ecologists and scientists working in related disciplines.
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Molecular detection techniques can be used in species monitoring, pathogen surveillance, dietary analysis, and a variety of other ecological applications. In the February 2020 issue of Frontiers, Mosher et al. present a communication framework that can help to guide collaborative partnerships between laboratory scientists, resource managers, and ecologists who employ these techniques.

Structural diversity plays a critical role in shaping ecosystem patterns and processes. Advances in remote sensing and digital technology, such as drone-based orthophotos (background) and a 3D lidar point cloud (central) derived from a mobile mapping system, allow for structural diversity to be mapped and measured in novel ways, yielding a wide range of new insights in ecology. The February Special Issue of Frontiers explores structural diversity in forest ecosystems through this advanced technology.