Brian Gerber: Sage grouse and site-fidelity: moving beyond the win-stay:lose-switch rule.

Dr. Brian D. Gerber is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island in the department of Natural Resources Science (Lab Website, Google Scholar, ResearchGate). He focuses on understanding behavioral, population, and community ecology to conserve and manage wild animals. In this insight, Dr. Gerber discusses the background of the paper, “Extreme site fidelity as an optimal strategy in an unpredictable and homogeneous environment” … Continue reading Brian Gerber: Sage grouse and site-fidelity: moving beyond the win-stay:lose-switch rule.

British Ecological Society25 Jun 201925 Jun 2019Leave a comment

Behind the paper

Tamir Klein: broadleafs, conifers and a high-CO2 world

In this Insight, Dr. Tamir Klein of Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, talks about this latest paper Stomatal sensitivity to CO2 diverges between angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species.

British Ecological Society24 Jun 2019Leave a comment

Micah Scholer with female Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)

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Micah Scholer: birds, BMR and survival

In our latest Insight, Micah Scholer, a PhD student in Zoology at the University of British Columbia Biodiversity Research Centre, talks about his new paper, Survival is negatively related to basal metabolic rate in tropical Andean birds and his path into ecology.

British Ecological Society21 Jun 2019Leave a comment

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Manuela Abelho: fallen leaves and feeding streams

The journey is as important as the destination: autumn-leaves as the main food source for stream communities

In this Insight, Manuela Abelho discusses her recent paper, Litter movement pathways across terrestrial–aquatic ecosystem boundaries affect litter colonization and decomposition in streams.

British Ecological Society19 Jun 2019Leave a comment

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Alex Strauss: disease, diversity and dilution

Dr Alex Strauss is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Minnesota and winner of the 2018 Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers for his paper, Linking host traits, interactions with competitors and disease: Mechanistic foundations for disease dilution.

In this Insight, he talks about the background behind his paper, digs into disease, dilution and biodiversity, and what he wants to see happen next in this area.

British Ecological Society14 Jun 201924 Jun 2019Leave a comment

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Insight: Andrew Durso

Dr Andrew Durso is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was recently shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers for his paper, Stable isotope tracers reveal a trade‐off between reproduction and immunity in a reptile with competing needs

In this Insight, he talks about how he got into ecology and what he’s been working on since then.

British Ecological Society13 Jun 2019Leave a comment

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Francois-Xavier Joly: decomposition, detritivores and filling in the gaps.

Dr Francois-Xavier Joly is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He was recently shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers.

In this Insight, he talks about his shortlisted paper, Litter conversion into detritivore faeces reshuffles the quality control over C and N dynamics during decomposition, as well the best – and worst – parts of being an ecologist.

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British Ecological Society13 Jun 201912 Jun 2019Leave a comment

News

Introducing your new Functional Ecologists blog editors!

We’re happy to introduce our newest additions to our editorial board, Anna Doty and Hugo Saiz. This enthusiastic pair will join the crew to lead our blog FunctionalEcologists.com. Anna Doty is an animal physiologist exploring animal responses to human disturbance, and will start in the fall as an Assistant Professor at California State University, Bakersfield. Hugo Saiz is based at the University of Bern, Switzerland, … Continue reading Introducing your new Functional Ecologists blog editors!

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Vsualization from the Web of Science showing number of citations of Gurevitch et al. 1992 in different research fields, showing its broad impact

Hindsight

Hindsight: A paper which triggered a revolution in the field of research synthesis in ecology

In our Hindsight series, researchers highlight a historical piece of research that was -and is- significant to them. In this post, Julia Koricheva discusses the impact of Gurevitch et al’s A meta-analysis of competition in field experiments. Julia is a professor at Royal Holloway and an Associate Editor for Functional Ecology

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British Ecological Society12 Jun 201910 May 2021Leave a comment

Community+Ecology

Resolving the conflict between conferences and care duties

Conference season is about to start again. For many this is a chance to present latest research results, connect with peers, and establish new contacts and networks. But what if you’re time-poor? What if you have care duties, or, for other reasons, cannot travel far away or for long periods of time? The goal of this blog post is to give tips and a moral … Continue reading Resolving the conflict between conferences and care duties

British Ecological Society31 May 201910 May 20213 Comments