In our latest post, author Carolina Reyes-Puig asks us if it’s all about size (in this case, it is…kinda!). In their latest paper: “Is it all about size? Dismantling the…
Category: Ecosystems
New videos reveal the hidden lives of Andean bears
Camera collar footage is unveiling the secret lives of Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus), South America’s only surviving ursid. A wild Andean bear in Peru was caught eating soil or clay, courting…
A herbivore-induced defense- plant protein in honeydew enhances natural enemy fitness – Functional Ecologists
In this post, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat, tenure track at Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (Spain), presents his work ‘Not just candy: A herbivore-induced defense- plant protein in honeydew enhances natural…
Insights from Desert Snails – Functional Ecologists
In this post, author Netta Shamir Weller offers desert snail survival tips by exploring their dietary choices when faced with predation stress. With their behind the paper post for their…
Insights from Desert Snails – Functional Ecologists
In this post, author Netta Shamir Weller offers desert snail survival tips by exploring their dietary choices when faced with predation stress. With their behind the paper post for their…
Implications for long-distance seed dispersal. – Functional Ecologists
In our latest post, Claudio Açaí Bracho-Estévanez shares with us how intricate the relationship between producer and consumer is! Claudio explains the beauty behind their paper: ‘Plant traits determine seed…
Growth-mortality trade-off in tropical tree seedlings is determined by stem elongation and soil fertility. – Functional Ecologists
In this new post Caicai Zhang, from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research at Dali University, shares insights from her recently…
Dra. Daniela Boanares (Español) – Functional Ecologists
Ciencia, Resiliencia y Conservación: El Viaje de una Ecóloga Negra En trabajo de campo, recopilando datos para analizar las características funcionales de las especies vegetales del Campo Rupestre, con énfasis…
Rhizosphere priming effects in different tree line soils are influenced by vegetative stage and soil horizon. – Functional Ecologists
In our latest post Jennifer Michel, ecologist at University of Lieja, presents her work ‘Vegetative stage and soil horizon respectively determine direction and magnitude of rhizosphere priming effects in contrasting…
