In this post Yunpeng Luo, an ecologist at The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape WSL, shares insights from his recent work “Internal physiological drivers of leaf development in trees: Understanding the relationship between non-structural carbohydrates and leaf phenology”. He highlights that plants’ carbon sink-source activities and concentration of non-structural carbohydrates could be…

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19.02.2025

Rutger Wilschut & Hannah Ruppert: Contrasting responses of naturalized alien & native plants to native soil biota & drought – Functional Ecologists

In this new post Rutger Wilschut and Hanna Ruppert from University of Wageningen present their work ‘Contrasting responses of naturalized alien and native plants to native soil biota and drought’. Here they discuss how origin has important implications for biotic interactions, show the key role of soil biota for plants, and share their experiences which…

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19.02.2025

Laura Riggi: Strip cropping improves plant defenses against herbivorous insects via the soil – Functional Ecologists

In this post Laura Riggi from University of Wageningen (Netherlands) presents her work ‘Strip-cropping legacy enhances potato plant defence responses to aphids via soil-mediated mechanisms’. She talks about the importance of diversity for agriculture, discusses the connections between above- and belowground organisms, and shares how her love for arthropods guided her to made agriculture more…

Functional Ecologists

20.02.2025

Sebastian Moreno: Backyard birding elevates underrepresented voices in protecting urban biodiversity – Functional Ecologists

In this ‘Postcards from the Field’ blog post, Sebastian Moreno – a researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst – discusses the remarkable intersection of human behavior with ecological conservation, and the importance of bringing underrepresented communities to conversation. Profile: My research area combines my passion for birds and the intersection of…

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Yunpeng Luo: Leaf phenology may be physiologically regulated by carbon sink-source dynamics & non-structural carbohydrates – Functional Ecologists

Rutger Wilschut & Hannah Ruppert: Contrasting responses of naturalized alien & native plants to native soil biota & drought – Functional Ecologists

Laura Riggi: Strip cropping improves plant defenses against herbivorous insects via the soil – Functional Ecologists

Sebastian Moreno: Backyard birding elevates underrepresented voices in protecting urban biodiversity – Functional Ecologists

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