Functional Ecology

Functional Ecology, a @BritishEcolSoc journal

Publishes high impact papers on ecology, including physiological, behavioural and evolutionary ecology.

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

🎆Our #November issue is out now!🎆

📙On the #cover: The southern mallee #Ctenotus, in front of the spinifex #tussocks upon which it is entirely reliant (Credit: Max Tibby)

Read the full issue here👇️
https://t.co/p5lQY1Hsiw

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰 By looking at how #species functions are connected, we can understand what drives #functional complexity from a single site to whole #landscapes 🏞️

https://t.co/9oOHw4HjfH

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰#Thermoregulatory strategy shapes #physiological responses to dormancy in #animals: a meta-analysis💡

https://t.co/vLqNQ1hhgQ

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Large wild #grazers can have strong influence over how #soil #carbon persists in the long-term🦏

https://t.co/x0TEHrDwgC

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

🏆Prize winner!🏆

🏅We hear from the second-place winner of our presentation prize at ICOM, Liu. Pei-Chu!

💡She discusses how different bacterial strains affect mycelial growth and interact with fungus, and her tips for first-time conference attendees

https://t.co/bmtscKqlkz

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰#Crayfish regrow large but weak #claws when opponents don’t often detect their weakness🦐

https://t.co/2ntvMshJWM

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Slow and steady wins the race? Blue Tits bet on #survival or #reproduction in the pace of life 🐦️

https://t.co/1B3PxM3v3k

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Invasive #insects outperform their native counterparts🐞

https://t.co/g02peHsnHl

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

We're launching an exciting new cross-Society Special Feature with @ESAApplications!

If your research looks to address how applied ecology can be a tool for an uncertain future, we'd love to receive your article proposal 🌏

Find out more below 👇
https://t.co/qnwsTUds9o

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Hidden #fungi in the #roots help shape which young plants survive in #Mediterranean forests🌳

https://t.co/1swUbJJL4D

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰#Fish responses to low #oxygen are shaped by their own and previous generations’ #environmental histories🐟️

https://t.co/B1jTbs1T6u

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰 #Water amount, rather than watering frequency, structures root-associated microbial #communities and their links to #plant performance🦠
https://t.co/8xo72211nW

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

🚨 new podcast!
🏙️ listen to our latest podcast episode on the story behind the paper, "paler within the city: carotenoid-based colouration covaries negatively with the proportion of impervious surface in great tit territories across Europe"
🎧️ https://t.co/G6W1iadTLa

[Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig]

Final version published

Saiz et al. @FunEcology

Land use intensification results in abrupt transitions between extensively and intensively managed grasslands

@HugoSaizB
https://t.co/IzJUSpOH8i

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰#Herbivore vs. #Detritivore effect on #decomposition through leaf conversion into faeces 🍃

https://t.co/LPH0iPEuNZ

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰 #Leaves change from the bottom to the top of #oak trees, but #caterpillars respond only slightly 🍃

https://t.co/lflSruN2VI

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Increasing susceptibility to priming of #soil N mineralisation across a #Subarctic tundra-forest ecotone under N fertilisation🌳

https://t.co/GkYRukKx4B

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰 Higher #priming effect induced by #stem than #leaf and #root litter 🍃

https://t.co/gzbIG0hz64

[Nicholas Wu @NicholasWuNZ]

New paper in @FunEcology led by Sanjeev. We show that milder winters could make #hibernation costlier for Australia's fishing #bat, Myotis macropus. Warmer nights mean more waking up, and more insects needed to stay in balance | https://t.co/n9QE4IV6JE

[Functional Ecology @FunEcology]

📰Published📰Saline and alkaline paddy #soils starve #microbes in different ways 🦠

https://t.co/Lwd6odIwXz