Strip cropping improves plant defenses against herbivorous insects via the soil   – Functional Ecologists

In this post Laura Riggi from University of Wageningen (Netherlands) presents her work ‘Strip-cropping legacy enhances potato plant defence responses to aphids via soil-mediated mechanisms’. She talks about the importance…

Disentangling how riparian forests shape trophic interactions in detritus-based stream food webs – Functional Ecologists

Authors Rebecca Oester, Florian Altermatt and Andreas Bruder take a cold dip into Riparian forests and how they influence trophic interactions. In this blog post, lead author Rebecca, a PhD…