It’s been just over a month since the 12th International Conference on Mycorrhiza. In these blog posts, we hear from some of the winners of Functional Ecology’s poster and talk…
Category: Ecosystems
Becoming a scientist wasn’t a mistake, just a happy little accident – Functional Ecologists
It’s been just over a month since the 12th International Conference on Mycorrhiza. In these blog posts, we hear from some of the winners of Functional Ecology’s poster and talk…
increasing competition with higher trait dissimilarity. – Functional Ecologists
In our new post Emily Holden, PhD candidate at University of Alberta (Canada), presents her work ‘Plant trait dissimilarity increases competitive interactions among co-occurring plants’. She talks about confronting contrasting…
What makes songbirds different in their breeding cycles? – Functional Ecologists
In our latest post, authors Tom Martin and Penn Lloyd explore what makes songbirds different in their breeding cycles. Tom, a retired scientist of the University of Montana, and Penn,…
How beneficial soil microbes boost indirect plant defenses against herbivores – Functional Ecologists
In our new post, Tuğcan Alınç, postdoctoral research at University of Palermo, presents his work ‘Root inoculation with beneficial soil microbes enhances indirect plant defenses induced by insect feeding and…
In the laboratory, greenhouse and field; how insects skins belowground can enhance the attraction of natural enemies of aboveground pest insects – Functional Ecologists
Els van de Zande – a post-doc at Wageningen University, the Netherlands – presents her work ‘Enhanced parasitisation of caterpillars and aphids on field-grown Brassica oleracea plants upon soil amendment…
Can plants have their cake and eat it too? – Functional Ecologists
In this new post Kaz Uyehara, postdoc researcher at UC Davies, presents his work ‘Neighbour-detection causes shifts in allocation across multiple organs to prepare plants for light competition’. He explains…
Above- and belowground strategies of tropical montane tree species are coordinated and driven by small-scale nitrogen availability – Functional Ecologists
In our last post Kerstin Pierick, postdoc at the University of Göttingen, discusses her last PhD thesis chapter ‘Above- and belowground strategies of tropical montane tree species are coordinated and…
Understanding how high temperatures influence resource acquisition and competitive ability – Functional Ecologists
In our latest post Graydon Gilles, MSc student at University of Queens, presents his work ‘Temperature-dependence and genetic variation in resource acquisition strategies in a model freshwater plant’. He explains…
