Functional Ecology is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 Haldane Prize is Yuguo Yang! The Haldane Prize is awarded annually for the best paper published in the journal…
Category: Ecosystems
A closer look to roots in drylands – Functional Ecologists
In this new post Angela Illuminati, postdoc at University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, presents her work ‘Functional differences between herbs and woody species in a semiarid Mediterranean plant community: a…
Mechanistic understanding of how temperature and its variability shape body size composition in moth assemblages – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Stephanie Chia discusses her paper “Mechanistic understanding of how temperature and its variability shape body size composition in moth assemblages“, which has been shortlisted for Functional…
Herbaceous species and dry forest species have more acquisitive leaf traits than woody species and wet forest species – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Tomonari Matsuo discusses his paper “Herbaceous species and dry forest species have more acquisitive leaf traits than woody species and wet forest species“, which has been…
Predicting key ectotherm population mortality in response to dynamic marine heatwaves – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Jahangir Vajedsamiei discusses his paper “Predicting key ectotherm population mortality in response to dynamic marine heatwaves: A Bayesian-enhanced thermal tolerance landscape approach“, which has been shortlisted…
Trade-offs in rooting strategy dimensions along an edaphic gradient in a grassland ecosystem – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Yuguo Yang discusses his paper “Trade-offs in rooting strategy dimensions along an edaphic gradient in a grassland ecosystem“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2024…
Heatwave-mediated decreases in phytoplankton quality negatively affect zooplankton productivity – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Jihyun Olivia Kim discusses her paper “Heatwave-mediated decreases in phytoplankton quality negatively affect zooplankton productivity“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2024 Haldane Prize for…
Diverse forests are more resilient to storm disturbances across Europe – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Julien Barrere discusses his paper “Forest storm resilience depends on the interplay between functional composition and climate—Insights from European-scale simulations“, which has been shortlisted for Functional…
early career research award – Functional Ecologists
The Haldane Prize is awarded annually by the British Ecological Society for the best paper in Functional Ecology by an early career author. We are pleased to present the shortlisted papers for the 2024 award (published…
