In this blog post, we hear from Associate Editor Eric Riddell, Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina. Why did you choose to study your particular research area? I often say that ecophysiology chose me rather than the other way around. I have always been drawn to questions about how organisms respond to environmental change, and answering those questions requires studying how organisms function in their … Continue reading Meet the editor: Eric Riddell
In this blog post, we hear from Associate Editor Alison Brody, Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Vermont. Walking along a trail at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado, USA, a foul, rotten smell caught my attention. I looked around to find the source and noticed a large plant – Heracleum maximum (Apiacea) also called “Cow Parsnip” – covered in flies which … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Alison K Brody
In this blog post, we hear from Associate Editor Shyam S. Phartyal, Professor at Mizoram University, Aizawl, India. Shyam is a plant ecologist with primary research interests in exploring the fascinating world of wild plant regeneration through seeds across diverse ecosystems, from wetlands to woodlands. His research investigates how environmental factors shape seed traits and how these traits, in turn, influence species distributions and community … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Shyam S. Phartyal
In this blog post, we hear from Associate Editor Chi-Yun Kuo, Associate Professor at Kaohsiung Medical University. Chi-Yun’s primary research interests are in understanding how animals can modify their behaviours as they interact with the environment and how such behavioural changes can alter population and community dynamics. The current research focus of his group is to examine how visual-based associative learning in predators might determine … Continue reading Meet the editor: Chi-Yun Kuo
In this blog post, we hear from Associate Editor Ji Liu, Associate Professor at the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CISC)-Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications. Ji’s primary research interests are in ecological stoichiometry and the coupled biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. He aims … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Ji Liu
In this blog post, we hear from Associate Editor Robert Rauschkolb, Professor at the University of Jena, Germany! Robert’s primary research interests are in the understanding of phenological patterns of perennial herbaceous species including influences of abiotic factors, species’ traits and phylogeny. Why did you choose to study your particular research area? The timing of phenological events, like flowering time, are really important for ecosystem … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Robert Rauschkolb
In this blog post, we hear from Senior Editor Ji Chen, Professor at the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences! Ji’s research focuses on uncovering the mechanisms that regulate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in ecosystems in response to global change drivers and anthropogenic disturbances. During his Ph.D., he examined how ecosystem CO₂ exchange responds to experimental warming, herbivory grazing, and prescribed fire, … Continue reading Meet the Editor: Ji Chen
Hi there! My name is Arianne-Elise Harris and I’m an instructor in the Department of Biology at the University of Guyana. My interests lie in population ecology where I’ve spent the last four years studying birds and mammals in tropical rainforests. My interests in population ecology grew with an already established interest in the natural world. I’ve never been the type of person that could … Continue reading Meet the (Blog) Editor: Arianne-Elise Harris
Speaker: Emma Sayer Workshop 1: 6th February, 3:00-4:30 GMT (PM) – REGISTER HERE Workshop 2: 14th February 3:00-4:30 GMT (PM) – REGISTER HERE Are you a researcher in Latin America that wishes to maximise the impact of your research? Senior Editor for Functional Ecology, Emma Sayer, will be holding a two-part online workshop that will cover core writing skills for ensuring that your research reaches … Continue reading RESCHEDULED! Increasing the Reach of Your Research: A Two-Part Workshop for Latin American Researchers
Current Institution: University of Colorado Denver, USA Research interests: I study how physiology and ontogeny limit the ways that organisms adapt to their environments. I am especially interested in using information about these constraints to better forecast how organisms will respond to global change. Why did you choose to study your particular area of research? When I started graduate school, there was a ton of … Continue reading Meet The Editor: Michael P. Moore
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