In this post, Félix P. Leiva, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany, discusses his article “The role of cell size in shaping responses to oxygen and temperature in…
Category: Ecosystems
Exploring the relationship between different measures of functional redundancy – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, Daniel G. Dick, a public education and geoscience communication postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University, Canada, discusses his study “Measuring functional redundancy using generalized Hill numbers”, which…
2023 Haldane Prize Podcast – Functional Ecologists
Podcast out now! Ximena Cibils chats to us about her research paper, Silicon and Epichloë-endophyte defences in a model temperate grass diminish feeding efficiency and immunity of an insect, which has…
Plants and flammability—Deep inside the mechanisms of wild fires – Functional Ecologists
In this revisited blog post, Indra Boving, a PhD candidate at University of California-Santa Barbara, USA, shares her work ‘Live fuel moisture and water potential exhibit differing relationships with leaf-level…
Why does temperature determine sex in long-lived reptiles? – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, Samantha Bock, a post-doctoral researcher, discusses her study “Differential early-life survival underlies the adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination in a long-lived reptile“, which has been…
Root diversity in grasslands buffers biomass production under drought – Functional Ecologists
In this post, Lina Aoyama, a PhD student at the University of Oregon, discusses their research “Functional diversity buffers biomass production across variable rainfall conditions through different processes above- versus…
A whole-tree perspective on the role of non-structural carbohydrates in resource allocation trade-offs along the tree economics spectrum – Functional Ecologists
In our latest blog post, Guangqi Zhang, postdoc at INRAE (France), presents his paper “Not all sweetness and light: non-structural carbohydrate storage capacity in tree stems is decoupled from leaf…
Functional Ecology’s Award for Early Career Researchers – Functional Ecologists
The Haldane Prize is awarded by the British Ecological Society each year for the best paper in Functional Ecology written by an early career author. With entries spanning the 37th volume of…
International Women’s Day 2024 – Functional Ecologists
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our…
Unlocking the Secrets of Soil Carbon Storage in Mangrove Ecosystems – Functional Ecologists
In this post, Guoming Qin—a postdoc at the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences—share his recently published paper: “Contributions of Plant- and Microbial-Derived Residues to Mangrove Soil Carbon…
