2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: James Mouton discusses the paper “Behavioural co-option of plant secondary compounds by a cavity-nesting bird is an adaptation against competition and predation“, which has been shortlisted…
Category: Ecosystems
Haldane Prize 2025 | Nicole Walasek: The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Nicole Walasek discusses her paper “The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane Prize…
Haldane Prize 2025 | João Vitor Messeder: Rethinking the role of colour in avian fruit choices and foraging mechanisms – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: João Vitor Messeder discusses the paper “Rethinking the role of colour in avian fruit choices and foraging mechanisms“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Kentaro Takagi: Realized flower constancy in bumble bees: Optimal foraging strategy balancing cognitive and travel costs and its possible consequences for floral diversity – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Kentaro Takagi discusses the paper “Realized flower constancy in bumble bees: Optimal foraging strategy balancing cognitive and travel costs and its possible consequences for floral diversity“, which…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Marion Boisseaux: Shifting trait coordination along a soil-moisture-nutrient gradient in tropical forests – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Marion Boisseaux, discusses her paper ‘Shifting trait coordination along a soil-moisture-nutrient gradient in tropical forests’, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane Prize for…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Lifeng Wang: Soil fauna trophic multifunctionality mediates the release of elements from decomposing typhoon-generated leaf litter – Functional Ecologists
2024 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Lifeng Wang discusses the paper “Soil fauna trophic multifunctionality mediates the release of elements from decomposing typhoon-generated leaf litter“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s…
Haldane Prize 2025 | June Shrestha: Marine protection and environmental forcing influence fish-derived nutrient cycling in kelp forests – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: June Shrestha discusses her paper “Marine protection and environmental forcing influence fish-derived nutrient cycling in kelp forests“, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s 2025 Haldane Prize…
Haldane Prize 2025 | Carolina Olguín-Jacobson: Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwave – Functional Ecologists
2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Carolina Olguín Jacobson discusses her paper “Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwaves”, which has been shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s…
Why do birds cheat? – Functional Ecologists
In this week’s blog post, we find out how relationship woes are abundant in the bird community! Through her paper: “Avian extra-pair paternity in the last European primeval forest”, author Joanna Sudyka provides an explanation for the question: “why do birds…
Functional Ecology’s Award for Early Career Researchers – 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 2025 award (published…

