In this blog post, author Bálint Üveges discusses the paper “No gain from pain: Lack of nociceptor activation suggests no adaptation for defence in the evolution of European viper venoms“,…
Category: Ecosystems
Edith Singini | Grasses are key to building hidden carbon stores in savannas – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ post, author Edith Singini – a plant ecophysiologist in the Department of Botany at Rhodes University, South Africa – discusses the paper “Savanna soil carbon…
Julia Bebout | Competing annual plants shift traits in parallel – Functional Ecologists
In this Behind the Paper blog post, author Julia Bebout – a PhD student at UC San Diego – delves into the article “Trait responses to competition are mostly parallel…
Rosa Jolma | Season matters for parasite heatwave tolerance, as do species and life stage – Functional Ecologists
In this Behind the Paper blog post, author Rosa Jolma – a PhD candidate at Utrecht University – discusses the paper “Acute heat tolerance (CTmax) of two invasive parasitic copepods…
Evan Perkowski | Sabotage in the understory: garlic mustard’s late-season havoc on native plant photosynthesis – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, author Evan Perkowski – a postdoctoral research associate at Texas Tech University – delves into his research article “The negative effects of an allelopathic invader on…
Libin Zhou | Nutrient enrichment destabilizes aquatic food webs through synchronization within and across trophic levels – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Libin Zhou – an Associate Professor at the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology – discusses the paper “Nutrient enrichment destabilizes aquatic…
What do fossils teach us about conservation and ecological restoration? – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post author Thayara S. Carrasco – a a postdoc at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, explores the paper “Long-term changes in functional diversity and its…
Meixu Han | Aridity-dependent regulation of water-use efficiency by leaf vein traits across grassland communities – Functional Ecologists
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Meixu Han – a PhD student at Northwest A&F University – shares insights into the paper “Aridity-dependent regulation of water-use efficiency by…
Miki Jahn | Allocation trade-off: increased energetic cost of movement reduces reproductive output in zebrafish – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, author Miki Jahn – an Associate Lecturer in Biology and Ecology at the University of Sydney – discusses the article “Increased energetic cost of movement reduces…
Erick González-Medina | When heatwaves keep coming: the hidden physiological cost for small birds – Functional Ecologists
In this week’s blog post, we’re trying (and failing) to escape the heat this summer! Read about the fascinating findings from Erick González-Medina’s paper “Cumulative heatwave stress disrupts thermal homeostasis and plumage structure…
