In our latest Insight, Sébastien M. J. Portalier talks about his recent paper on The mechanics of predator–prey interactions: First principles of physics predict predator–prey size ratios, his research and the best (and worst!) things about being an ecologist.
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In our latest Insight, Devin De Zwaan talks about his latest paper, Variation in offspring development is driven more by weather and maternal condition than predation risk, what dictates when a nestling leaves the nest and the best thing about being an ecologist.
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For those that asked, here is the reading list from Ken Thompson’s “12 months in (the science of) ecology” talk, from the 2018 British Ecological Society Annual Meeting.
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In our latest Insight, Andreas Nord talks about hardworking parents, cooling birds and the dangers of overheating. You can also read his recent Functional Ecology paper here.
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Functional Ecology supports the British Ecology Society’s Special Interest Groups, volunteer groups that provide a focus of activity in specific areas of ecology. In this post, we’re introducing our readers to the Tropical Ecology Special Interest Group. Find out what they do, how you can get in involved and where to find them at this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
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Ahead of this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Functional Ecology Associate Editor, Julia Koricheva of Royal Holloway, shares her picks for the meeting. Julia will also be taking over @FunEcology on Monday, for a first-hand tour of #BES2018.
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Functional Ecology supports the British Ecology Society’s Special Interest Groups, volunteer groups that provide a focus of activity in specific areas of ecology. In this post, we’re introducing our readers to the Plant Environmental Physiology Group. Find out what they do, how you can get in involved and where to find them at this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting Continue reading “Meet the SIG! Plant Environmental Physiology Group”
Ahead of this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, we wanted to give you the chance to get to know some of the people behind the decision letters. Today, we have our newest Senior Editor, Enrico Rezende of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Ahead of this year’s British Ecological Society Annual Meeting in Birmingham, we wanted to give you the chance to get to know some of the people behind the decision letters. Today, we have Senior Editor Alan Knapp, Professor at Colorado State University (@alan_knapp). Alan is also a Faculty Associate at the Konza Prairie LTER.
Alan will be at the AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, DC.
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