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.
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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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A blog post by Magdalena Cobo-Medina, Sarah Carroll, Sophie Young, Helena Herrmann, winners of the Functional Ecology-sponsored best poster and talk prizes.
Corinne Hertäg is a PhD student at ETH Zürich. She was recently shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers.
In this Insight, she talks about her shortlisted paper, Defensive symbionts mediate species coexistence in phytophagous insects
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Nadescha Zwerschke is a benthic ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey. She was recently shortlisted for Functional Ecology’s Haldane Prize for Early Career Researchers. In this Insight, she talks about her shortlisted paper, Competition between co‐occurring invasive and native consumers switches between habitats Oyster vs Oyster In Europe, the native oyster is declining due to overfishing and habitat destruction, effectively extirpating it from intertidal … Continue reading Nadescha Zwerschke – a new angle on oyster competition
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