Functional Ecology
@funecology.bsky.social
A @britishecologicalsociety.org journal, publishing papers that significantly advance the field of ecology, including physiological, behavioural and evolutionary ecology.
🚨New blog series!🚨
📖We're pleased to launch 'Cover Stories', a new blog series which aims to showcase some of the amazing images we’ve had on the Functional Ecology cover over the years, and to get to know the people behind them.
👀Keep an eye on our blog site for posts from next week!
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📖We're pleased to launch 'Cover Stories', a new blog series which aims to showcase some of the amazing images we’ve had on the Functional Ecology cover over the years, and to get to know the people behind them.
👀Keep an eye on our blog site for posts from next week!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨New blog series!🚨
📖We're pleased to launch 'Cover Stories', a new blog series which aims to showcase some of the amazing images we’ve had on the Functional Ecology cover over the years, and to get to know the people behind them.
👀Keep an eye on our blog site for posts from next week!
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📖We're pleased to launch 'Cover Stories', a new blog series which aims to showcase some of the amazing images we’ve had on the Functional Ecology cover over the years, and to get to know the people behind them.
👀Keep an eye on our blog site for posts from next week!
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🔊Podcast out now!🔊
🎧Author Fernando Gonçalves discusses how pollen protein and amino acid composition influence year-round and seasonal bat–flower interaction networks🦇
Listen here👇
🟧https://buff.ly/VlEZokf
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🎧Author Fernando Gonçalves discusses how pollen protein and amino acid composition influence year-round and seasonal bat–flower interaction networks🦇
Listen here👇
🟧https://buff.ly/VlEZokf
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November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🔊Podcast out now!🔊
🎧Author Fernando Gonçalves discusses how pollen protein and amino acid composition influence year-round and seasonal bat–flower interaction networks🦇
Listen here👇
🟧https://buff.ly/VlEZokf
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🎧Author Fernando Gonçalves discusses how pollen protein and amino acid composition influence year-round and seasonal bat–flower interaction networks🦇
Listen here👇
🟧https://buff.ly/VlEZokf
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💡This issue features our 'Causes and Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity’ special feature, which identifies exciting research themes on the eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of phenotypic plasticity and synthesizes our understanding of phenotypic plasticity and its ecology🔍
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
💡This issue features our 'Causes and Consequences of Phenotypic Plasticity’ special feature, which identifies exciting research themes on the eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of phenotypic plasticity and synthesizes our understanding of phenotypic plasticity and its ecology🔍
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🎆Our November issue is out now!🎆
📙On the cover: A female American alligator guards her nest. Within the nest, developing embryos respond to temperature fluctuations, which will determine if they develop as males or females. Photo credit: Benjamin Parrott🐊
Read it here👇
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📙On the cover: A female American alligator guards her nest. Within the nest, developing embryos respond to temperature fluctuations, which will determine if they develop as males or females. Photo credit: Benjamin Parrott🐊
Read it here👇
buff.ly/NrKXKtO
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🎆Our November issue is out now!🎆
📙On the cover: A female American alligator guards her nest. Within the nest, developing embryos respond to temperature fluctuations, which will determine if they develop as males or females. Photo credit: Benjamin Parrott🐊
Read it here👇
buff.ly/NrKXKtO
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📙On the cover: A female American alligator guards her nest. Within the nest, developing embryos respond to temperature fluctuations, which will determine if they develop as males or females. Photo credit: Benjamin Parrott🐊
Read it here👇
buff.ly/NrKXKtO
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🤝 NEW Meet the Editor: Eric Riddell
✍️Associate Editor Eric Riddell shares his experiences in #ecophysiology, insights into the #editor role and top tips for early career #researchers💡
@ecophysiology.bsky.social
Read it here ➡️ buff.ly/jmnhuR5
✍️Associate Editor Eric Riddell shares his experiences in #ecophysiology, insights into the #editor role and top tips for early career #researchers💡
@ecophysiology.bsky.social
Read it here ➡️ buff.ly/jmnhuR5
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🤝 NEW Meet the Editor: Eric Riddell
✍️Associate Editor Eric Riddell shares his experiences in #ecophysiology, insights into the #editor role and top tips for early career #researchers💡
@ecophysiology.bsky.social
Read it here ➡️ buff.ly/jmnhuR5
✍️Associate Editor Eric Riddell shares his experiences in #ecophysiology, insights into the #editor role and top tips for early career #researchers💡
@ecophysiology.bsky.social
Read it here ➡️ buff.ly/jmnhuR5
👁️This issue features articles from the our 'Visual ecology in challenging environments' Special feature, which aims to target the central question of how visual sensory systems cope in extreme and dynamic environments
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October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
👁️This issue features articles from the our 'Visual ecology in challenging environments' Special feature, which aims to target the central question of how visual sensory systems cope in extreme and dynamic environments
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🎃Our October issue is out now!🎃
📙On the cover: The Threadfin dragonfish, a deep-sea hunter from the twilight zone, mastering vision and survival through bioluminescence in near-total darkness. Photo by Zuzana Musilova👀
Read it here👇
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📙On the cover: The Threadfin dragonfish, a deep-sea hunter from the twilight zone, mastering vision and survival through bioluminescence in near-total darkness. Photo by Zuzana Musilova👀
Read it here👇
buff.ly/z5AYxZQ
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October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎃Our October issue is out now!🎃
📙On the cover: The Threadfin dragonfish, a deep-sea hunter from the twilight zone, mastering vision and survival through bioluminescence in near-total darkness. Photo by Zuzana Musilova👀
Read it here👇
buff.ly/z5AYxZQ
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📙On the cover: The Threadfin dragonfish, a deep-sea hunter from the twilight zone, mastering vision and survival through bioluminescence in near-total darkness. Photo by Zuzana Musilova👀
Read it here👇
buff.ly/z5AYxZQ
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🌟THANK YOU!🌟
This #PeerReviewWeek, we'd like to say a massive thank you to all our reviewers for their time and effort in helping us to publish quality research📙
Find a full list of our reviewers over the last year here👇
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This #PeerReviewWeek, we'd like to say a massive thank you to all our reviewers for their time and effort in helping us to publish quality research📙
Find a full list of our reviewers over the last year here👇
buff.ly/ON54j8J
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September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌟THANK YOU!🌟
This #PeerReviewWeek, we'd like to say a massive thank you to all our reviewers for their time and effort in helping us to publish quality research📙
Find a full list of our reviewers over the last year here👇
buff.ly/ON54j8J
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This #PeerReviewWeek, we'd like to say a massive thank you to all our reviewers for their time and effort in helping us to publish quality research📙
Find a full list of our reviewers over the last year here👇
buff.ly/ON54j8J
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📙Virtual issue!📙
💡Last week, @besmovesig.bsky.social held their 2025 Annual Meeting with the theme ‘Understanding Migration’. Inspired by this theme, we have compiled a virtual issue of articles that address migration in a range of organisms!
📖Read it here:
buff.ly/STSjxgB
#BESMove2025
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💡Last week, @besmovesig.bsky.social held their 2025 Annual Meeting with the theme ‘Understanding Migration’. Inspired by this theme, we have compiled a virtual issue of articles that address migration in a range of organisms!
📖Read it here:
buff.ly/STSjxgB
#BESMove2025
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September 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📙Virtual issue!📙
💡Last week, @besmovesig.bsky.social held their 2025 Annual Meeting with the theme ‘Understanding Migration’. Inspired by this theme, we have compiled a virtual issue of articles that address migration in a range of organisms!
📖Read it here:
buff.ly/STSjxgB
#BESMove2025
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💡Last week, @besmovesig.bsky.social held their 2025 Annual Meeting with the theme ‘Understanding Migration’. Inspired by this theme, we have compiled a virtual issue of articles that address migration in a range of organisms!
📖Read it here:
buff.ly/STSjxgB
#BESMove2025
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🤝Meet the Editor!🤝
✍️Associate Editor Alison Brody shares her experiences in ecology, insights into the editor role and top tips for early career researchers💡
Read it here👇
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✍️Associate Editor Alison Brody shares her experiences in ecology, insights into the editor role and top tips for early career researchers💡
Read it here👇
buff.ly/dY8da6E
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September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🤝Meet the Editor!🤝
✍️Associate Editor Alison Brody shares her experiences in ecology, insights into the editor role and top tips for early career researchers💡
Read it here👇
buff.ly/dY8da6E
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✍️Associate Editor Alison Brody shares her experiences in ecology, insights into the editor role and top tips for early career researchers💡
Read it here👇
buff.ly/dY8da6E
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🍂September Issue out now!🍂
📙On the cover: A major termite worker taking care of the fungal garden. Photo credit: Risto Vesala🐜
📖Read the full issue here👇
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📙On the cover: A major termite worker taking care of the fungal garden. Photo credit: Risto Vesala🐜
📖Read the full issue here👇
buff.ly/iwxcDum
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September 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🍂September Issue out now!🍂
📙On the cover: A major termite worker taking care of the fungal garden. Photo credit: Risto Vesala🐜
📖Read the full issue here👇
buff.ly/iwxcDum
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📙On the cover: A major termite worker taking care of the fungal garden. Photo credit: Risto Vesala🐜
📖Read the full issue here👇
buff.ly/iwxcDum
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🤝 New Blog Post - Meet the Editor: Shyam S. Phartyal ➡️ buff.ly/IgtO3kb
@shyamphartyal.bsky.social
⭐ Check out our new blog series to learn all about our editors, their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and for top advice⭐
@shyamphartyal.bsky.social
⭐ Check out our new blog series to learn all about our editors, their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and for top advice⭐
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🤝 New Blog Post - Meet the Editor: Shyam S. Phartyal ➡️ buff.ly/IgtO3kb
@shyamphartyal.bsky.social
⭐ Check out our new blog series to learn all about our editors, their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and for top advice⭐
@shyamphartyal.bsky.social
⭐ Check out our new blog series to learn all about our editors, their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and for top advice⭐
🤝New Blog Post - Meet the Editor: Chi-Yun Kuo➡️https://buff.ly/D9URuQs
⭐ Check out our new blog from Chi-Yun Kuo to learn all about their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and some top advice⭐
⭐ Check out our new blog from Chi-Yun Kuo to learn all about their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and some top advice⭐
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🤝New Blog Post - Meet the Editor: Chi-Yun Kuo➡️https://buff.ly/D9URuQs
⭐ Check out our new blog from Chi-Yun Kuo to learn all about their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and some top advice⭐
⭐ Check out our new blog from Chi-Yun Kuo to learn all about their research, their role as an AE for Functional Ecology and some top advice⭐
🤝 New blog out for our meet the editor series - this time from Ji Liu ➡️ buff.ly/qqvtOAB
Learn more about his research, the role of an Associate Editor at Functional Ecology, and some advice for anyone thinking of submitting their research ⭐
Learn more about his research, the role of an Associate Editor at Functional Ecology, and some advice for anyone thinking of submitting their research ⭐
August 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🤝 New blog out for our meet the editor series - this time from Ji Liu ➡️ buff.ly/qqvtOAB
Learn more about his research, the role of an Associate Editor at Functional Ecology, and some advice for anyone thinking of submitting their research ⭐
Learn more about his research, the role of an Associate Editor at Functional Ecology, and some advice for anyone thinking of submitting their research ⭐
🤝Meet the Editor: Blog post out now!
🏵️🕒Associate Editor Robert Rauschkolb delves into his #research, shares how he finds the #editor role with Functional Ecology and shares the advancements in #research and #ecology he hopes to see💡
@rrauschkolb.bsky.social
Read it here👇
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🏵️🕒Associate Editor Robert Rauschkolb delves into his #research, shares how he finds the #editor role with Functional Ecology and shares the advancements in #research and #ecology he hopes to see💡
@rrauschkolb.bsky.social
Read it here👇
buff.ly/ti4Lziz
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🤝Meet the Editor: Blog post out now!
🏵️🕒Associate Editor Robert Rauschkolb delves into his #research, shares how he finds the #editor role with Functional Ecology and shares the advancements in #research and #ecology he hopes to see💡
@rrauschkolb.bsky.social
Read it here👇
buff.ly/ti4Lziz
🏵️🕒Associate Editor Robert Rauschkolb delves into his #research, shares how he finds the #editor role with Functional Ecology and shares the advancements in #research and #ecology he hopes to see💡
@rrauschkolb.bsky.social
Read it here👇
buff.ly/ti4Lziz
🌡️This issue features articles in the cross journal 'Marine Heatwaves' Special Feature, all of which can be found here:
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August 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌡️This issue features articles in the cross journal 'Marine Heatwaves' Special Feature, all of which can be found here:
👉 buff.ly/qXHEMjS
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☀️August Issue Out Now!☀️
📙South-west Finnish Archipelago, the study site in the article ‘Marine heatwaves amplify benthic community metabolism and solute flux in a seafloor heating experiment’, which features in this issue. Credit: Alf Norkko🌊
💡Read it here:
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📙South-west Finnish Archipelago, the study site in the article ‘Marine heatwaves amplify benthic community metabolism and solute flux in a seafloor heating experiment’, which features in this issue. Credit: Alf Norkko🌊
💡Read it here:
👉 buff.ly/JTXdj1C
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August 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
☀️August Issue Out Now!☀️
📙South-west Finnish Archipelago, the study site in the article ‘Marine heatwaves amplify benthic community metabolism and solute flux in a seafloor heating experiment’, which features in this issue. Credit: Alf Norkko🌊
💡Read it here:
👉 buff.ly/JTXdj1C
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📙South-west Finnish Archipelago, the study site in the article ‘Marine heatwaves amplify benthic community metabolism and solute flux in a seafloor heating experiment’, which features in this issue. Credit: Alf Norkko🌊
💡Read it here:
👉 buff.ly/JTXdj1C
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🍎Five Functional Ecology articles were recently featured in a virtual issue about Nutritional Ecology, organized by @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social's Nutritional Ecology Working Group!
📖Read the full virtual issue here:
👉https://buff.ly/NdS9Mgy
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📖Read the full virtual issue here:
👉https://buff.ly/NdS9Mgy
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July 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🍎Five Functional Ecology articles were recently featured in a virtual issue about Nutritional Ecology, organized by @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social's Nutritional Ecology Working Group!
📖Read the full virtual issue here:
👉https://buff.ly/NdS9Mgy
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📖Read the full virtual issue here:
👉https://buff.ly/NdS9Mgy
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July 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
July 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
July 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎨We've had some fantastic contributions to our #drawyourstudyorganism activity at @sebiology.bsky.social conference! If you're attending, why not pop over and add to the collection🖼️
#SEBconference
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July 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎨We've had some fantastic contributions to our #drawyourstudyorganism activity at @sebiology.bsky.social conference! If you're attending, why not pop over and add to the collection🖼️
#SEBconference
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#SEBconference
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