Na Zhang, Yong-Fei Zhang, Ping Xiang, Yan Tang, Cheng Fu, Xu Pang, Shi-Jian Fu This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Freshwater environm…

L. Monica Trondrud, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Nadège C. Bonnot, Nicolas Morellet, Yannick Chaval, Arnaud Bonnet, Bruno Lourtet, A. J. Mark Hewison This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecolo…

Wu Sun, Judith Trunschke, Run-Dong Shi, Hao Wang, Chang-Yun Zheng, Zi-Lin Xu, Jie Zhang This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. In the hig…

Roger Grau-Andrés, Ana M Yáñez-Serrano, Jordi Corbera, Joan Llusià, Josep Peñuelas, Catherine Preece, Francesc Sabater, Jordi Sardans, Marcos Fernández-Martínez This is a plain language summary of …

Thomas Deola, Gianmaria Bonari, Alessandro Bricca, Leopoldo de Simone, Sofie Paulus, Claudia Angiolini, Francesco Candini, Juan Lorite, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Anke Jentsch This is a plain language s…

In this ‘Behind the Paper blog post, author Dave Daversa discusses his recently published article “Fungal Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infections proliferate during amphibian ter…

David R Daversa, Rob Grasso, Molly Posta, James O. Lloyd-Smith, H. Bradley Shaffer This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here Amphibians are s…

David Reznick, Joseph Travis, Ronald Bassar This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Life history theory assumes that the optimal life hist…

Keila Stark, Ze-Yi Han, Jean P. Gibert, Mary I. O’Connor This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. When temperatures rise, organisms m…

Paul Huber, Floyd Betz, Saskia Cordes, Hannah Charlotte Hoffmann, Enna Lucile Klinghammer, Sandra Steiger This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be foun…

Cristóbal Anguita, Alejandro Simeone, Cristián F. Estades This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Fishing vessels can attract seabirds bec…

Teun de Jong, Liana O. Greenberg, Ella Catley, Nina E. Fatouros, Graziella Iossa This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. During their firs…

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Lussarina Lima – a PhD student and lecturer – shares insights into the article “Stem water content predicts drought-induce…

Vinícius L. G. Brito, Nathan Muchhala, Natalia Castaño-Rubiano, Monika M. Lipińska, Alejandro Zuluaga, Bruce Anderson This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which…

Steven P.C. de Goede, S. Emilia Hannula, Renske ter Haar, Frank Sterck, Wim H. van der Putten, G.F. (Ciska) Veen This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can …

Morgane Dendoncker, Audrey Maheu, Monique Weemstra, Olivier Villemaire-Côté, Léa Darquié, Guillaume Lobet, Nelson Thiffault, Anne Ola, Alison D. Munson, Gabriel Asselin, Christian Messier, Isabelle…

Sara Hoefer, Xianming Yang, Cheng Song, Gaetan Glauser, Kongming Wu, Matthias Erb, Jamie M. Waterman This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found her…

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Hannah Carle – a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University – discu…

Fabian C. Salgado-Roa, Devi Stuart-Fox, Iliana Medina This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Many species come in different colours withi…

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In this blog post, author Li Zhang – a an Associate Professor at Nanjing Forestry University – discusses the paper “Nitrogen fertilization promotes wheat–weed coexistence through niche …

Reintroducing a carnivore into the wild is never simple. Years of planning, significant resources, and a great deal of careful coordination go into each release. Yet despite all this effort, reintr…

Facheng Guo, Simon J. McKirdy, Lingling Gao, Guizhen Gao This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Climate change is altering where insects …

In our latest ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Analisa Lazaro-Côté – a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Manitoba – discusses the article “Transcriptional b…

Robert W. Buchkowski, George G. Brown, Francesca Bosello, Wilian C. Demetrio, Miguel Cooper, Elisa Thébault, Carlos Barreto, Zoë Lindo, Jérôme Mathieu This is a plain language summary of a Function…

Lussarina Oliveira Lima, Angela Lucena Nascimento Jesus, Vivian Barros Talmag, Rafael Silva Oliveira, Francisca Soares Araújo, Arlete Aparecida Soares, Cleiton Breder Eller This is a plain language…

Post provided by Ela Iwaszkiewicz-Eggebrecht The journey from scepticism to abundance estimates When I moved to Sweden in 2019 to start a postdoc, I entered a completely new research field. My back…

In this blog post, author Bálint Üveges discusses the paper “No gain from pain: Lack of nociceptor activation suggests no adaptation for defence in the evolution of European viper venoms̶…

H. Arthur Woods, Parker E. Guzman, Zachary A. Cheviron This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology perspective article which can be found here. Insects in mountainous regions may be ab…