In this new post, Professor Xiaojuan Feng from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences presents her work ‘Does microbial carbon use efficiency differ between particulate and mineral-associated organic…
Category: Ecosystems
The importance of individual behavior for bird-mediated seed dispersal – Functional Ecologists
In our latest post Valentin Graf, PhD student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt, presents his work ‘Individual behavior shapes patterns of bird-mediated seed dispersal’. He…
Functional diversity of neighbors mediates sap flow density and radial growth of focal trees, but in different ways between evergreen and deciduous broadleaved species – Functional Ecologists
In this post, Yongqiang Zhang—a PhD student at Peking University—shares his recently published paper: “Functional diversity of neighbors mediates sap flow density and radial growth of focal trees, but in…
Understanding how biodiversity in ecosystems changes over time by considering the arrival and departure of species – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, Lucie Kuczynski – a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oldenburg, Germany – presents her research “Functional diversity loss and taxonomic delays of European freshwater fish…
impact of long-tongued pollinator loss in pollination networks. – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, Masayoshi Hiraiwa – postdoctoral researcher at Kindai University – presents his work ‘Loss of functional diversity rather than species diversity of pollinators decreases community‐wide trait matching…
Thinles Chondol: Survival strategy in the hostile Himalayan Mountain: Marcescence – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, Thinles Chondol – a PhD candidate at the University of South Bohemia – presents her work “Ecological significance of marcescence in Himalayan plants: Why is standing…
how standing dead biomass affects litter decomposition of herbs – Functional Ecologists
In this Behind the Paper blog post, Šárka Angst – a research assistant at the Czech Academy of Sciences – discusses her paper “The effect of dead standing (marcescent) biomass…
Kelsey Byers – Functional Ecologists
Happy Pride Month! Join the British Ecological Society in this annual, global celebration as we share stories from STEM researchers who belong to the LGBTQ+ community. This post is by…
The effects of long-term in situ N addition on the Korean pine plantation soil microbes and their regulation of soil priming effect – Functional Ecologists
In this new post, Professor Fuqiang Song of Heilongjiang University presents his work ‘Nitrogen addition suppresses soil positive priming effect in temperate plantations: evidence from an 8-year in situ field…
