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
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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.
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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.
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In our latest blog post, Talia Stelling-Wood dives into her new paper, Habitat variability in an underwater forest: Using a trait‐based approach to predict associated communities.
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Moshe Zaguri, a Ph.D. candidate at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, discusses his paper “Odours of non-predatory species help prey moderate their risk assessment”, the importance of this work, as well as his research interests.
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In our latest Insight, Javier del Campo of the University of Miami talks about this new Review paper: The eukaryome: Diversity and role of micro‐eukaryotic organisms associated with animal hosts.
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In our latest Q&A with an author, Simone Fontana talks about his recent paper, Intraspecific niche partitioning in macrodetritivores enhances mixed leaf litter decomposition, the background to this research and what led him to it.
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Microplastics—tiny plastic beads, fragments, and fibers released from personal care products, plastic waste, and laundering of synthetic fabrics—have long been understood to contaminate the ocean. Only recently have scientists learned they’re also prevalent in the soils human society depends on.
In our latest Insight, Maxwell Helmberger of Michigan State University talks about his new Review paper: Towards an ecology of soil microplastics, and what led him to write it.
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