In this Insight, Rafael Dudeque Zenni talks about his recent research looking at how co-occurring invasive species join forces for increased and persistent impact on the ecosystem and why the the Cerrado of Brazil was the perfect place for this experiment.

Frédéric Dulude-de Broin is a wildlife ecologist interested in understanding how predation risk influences individual life-history decisions, affects population dynamic and shapes ecological communities. Frédéric recently completed a master’s degree on the impact of non-consumptive effects of predation on mountain goat reproduction. He is now starting a PhD at Laval University (Québec, Canada) on the role of predation as a driver of arctic terrestrial biodiversity. Here, he discusses his paper “Predation risk and mountain goat reproduction: Evidence for stress-induced breeding suppression in a wild ungulate.”

In this Insight, Monique Weemstra, a postdoc at the University of Michigan talks about her latest research looking at the different root strategies of trees and shows how a model approach helps unveil the black box of forests.

Martin Luehrmann is a recent Ph.D. graduate at the University of Queensland in Australia. Here, Martin discusses with us his paper “Microhabitat partitioning correlates with opsin gene expression in coral reef cardinalfishes (Apogonidae)”, as well as his interest in ecology and his hobbies outside of research.

In our latest post, Shanwen Sun, a doctoral student at Universität Bayreuth, discusses his new paper, Drought survival is positively associated with high turgor loss points in temperate perennial grassland species

Olle Lindestad is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University. Olle will be defending his thesis this February. In this insight, Olle discusses with us his article “Variation in butterfly diapause duration in relation to volitinism suggests adaptation to autumn warmth, not winter cold”, how his interest in ecology was shaped, as well as his interests outside of research.

Julia Boyle, a M.Sc. candidate at the University of Toronto, discusses her recent publication “Plasticity and habitat choice match color to function in an ambush bug”, big questions left to answer, as well as her journey to becoming an ecologist.