Author: functionalecologist
Tuesday taster: 05/09/2017
Featured in Functional Ecology this week is a paper by Yunhai Zhang and his colleagues, which describes how mowing reduces the stability of temperate grassland primary production under nitrogen addition. Very interesting read! If you are following the debate on gender equality and woman in STEM, here are some good recent reads: Why Men Don’t Believe the Data on Gender Bias in Science If there … Continue reading Tuesday taster: 05/09/2017
Insights: Sean Gleason
In Insights we discover the story behind and beyond a recent publication in Functional Ecology. What inspired the authors to do the research, how did the project develop and what implications might their results have on the scientific community and on society?
This week, Sean Gleason from the Water Management and Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, USA will illustrate his recent paper on predicting shrub and tree growth from plant traits (read the free plain language summary here.)
Tuesday taster: 29/08/2017
Writing in Functional Ecology, Wang and his colleagues describe the results of a decomposition experiment focussed on standing litter. Great stuff, and I’m sure their results hold in many more ecosystems. My long-term collaborator, Vincent Jassey, has written an interesting blog post on protists and their likely importance in the ecology of tank-bromeliads in the tropics. I could not refrain in sharing this with you. … Continue reading Tuesday taster: 29/08/2017
Insights: Sasha Greenspan
In Insights we discover the story behind and beyond a recent publication in Functional Ecology. What inspired the authors to do the research, how did the project develop and what implications might their results have on the scientific community and on society?
This week, Sasha Greenspan, at the James Cook University at Townsville, Queensland, Australia, discusses her recent paper on the interaction between Spotted Treefrogs and a fungal pathogen and the role of temperature thereon (read the free plain language summary here).
Tuesday taster: 22/08/2017
Hi all, During my holidays, I have been reading The Angry Chef: bad science and the truth about healthy eating. It’s an absolutely great book if you want to read about food related pseudoscience and a chef’s views on it. Yesterday, I learned about a New Phytologist Tansley review that dives into the role of a healthy diet for our health– a really interesting read! … Continue reading Tuesday taster: 22/08/2017
Tuesday taster: 15/08/2017
Help for ECRs! The BES is running a Grant Writing Workshop for early career ecologists (26th-27th October) The workshop will include best practice and tailored support focused on converting a project idea into a grant or fellowship application For those that like their science illustrated: http://scientificillustration.tumblr.com/ Anyone that missed the recent Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions, FE Associate Editor Alison Bennett interviewed a number of researchers … Continue reading Tuesday taster: 15/08/2017
31.08 – Behind the cover
Tuesday taster: 08/08/2017
Bjorn’s still away, so this week’s Tuesday Tasters are from me: Over on the Journal of Ecology Blog, When are traits functional? (and for a bonus, anyone at ESA can go to their symposium on the subject this afternoon). And for anyone that can’t make it to ESA, there’s a BES-ESA Virtual Issue on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services A helpful guide from BirdandMoon on Which … Continue reading Tuesday taster: 08/08/2017
Insights: Kimberley Simpson
In Insights we discover the story behind and beyond a recent publication in Functional Ecology. What inspired the authors to do the research, how did the project develop and what implications might their results have on the scientific community and on society?
This week, Kimberley Simpson of the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield will provide some more detail on her paper on the implication of selection plant trade-offs.
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