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Postcards From The Field

Diana Tataru: Studying at my Dream Site

In this ‘Postcards from the Field’ blog post, Dr Diana Tataru – based at Tulane University – discusses their work on monkeyflowers in the beautiful Yosemite National Park, California! Diana shares plant-level perspectives, top tips for fieldwork, and future studies in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas. Profile I am interested in how plants adapt and survive in changing environments! I’m especially interested in extreme environments, like … Continue reading Diana Tataru: Studying at my Dream Site

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Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat: A herbivore-induced defense-related plant protein in honeydew enhances natural enemy fitness

In this post, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat, Ramón y Cajal Researcher at Universitat Jaume I (UJI), presents his work ‘Not just candy: A herbivore-induced defense-related plant protein in honeydew enhances natural enemy fitness’. He talks about unexpected interactions in ecological communities, the application of ecological research to agricultural management and the importance of inclusivity to overcome the many challenges in the path of research.  About the paper  … Continue reading Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat: A herbivore-induced defense-related plant protein in honeydew enhances natural enemy fitness

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Rebecca Oester : Disentangling how riparian forests shape trophic interactions in detritus-based stream food webs

Authors Rebecca Oester, Florian Altermatt and Andreas Bruder take a cold dip into Riparian forests and how they influence trophic interactions. In this blog post, lead author Rebecca, a PhD student at the University of Zurich, EAWAG and SUPSI Switzerland, shares insight behind their paper: “Riparian forests shape trophic interactions in detrital stream food webs”. She explains just how fascinating (and important!) freshwater and terrestrial … Continue reading Rebecca Oester : Disentangling how riparian forests shape trophic interactions in detritus-based stream food webs

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Caicai Zhang: Growth-mortality trade-off in tropical tree seedlings is determined by stem elongation and soil fertility.

In this new post Caicai Zhang, from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research at Dali University, shares insights from her recently published paper, ‘Functional traits and ecological niches as correlates of the interspecific growth–mortality trade-off among seedlings of 14 tropical tree species‘. She emphasizes the importance of biomass allocation traits, particularly specific stem length (SSL) and … Continue reading Caicai Zhang: Growth-mortality trade-off in tropical tree seedlings is determined by stem elongation and soil fertility.

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Postcards From The Field

Clara Castellano—Understanding the Impact of Rural Abandonment on Ecological Processes in Mediterranean Ecosystems

In this blog post, Clara Castellano—from the Department of Agrarian and Environmental Science at the University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain—discusses working on the ARBIO Project in the Middle Ebro River Valley, the joys of fieldwork, and what the future holds. Profile I’m interested in ecology in general, and specifically in nature conservation and ecological restoration. Throughout my scientific career, I have studied ecosystem services (i.e., … Continue reading Clara Castellano—Understanding the Impact of Rural Abandonment on Ecological Processes in Mediterranean Ecosystems

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