📰Published📰Contrasting phosphorus-impoverished habitats influence the species-dependent phosphorus-acquisition strategies of plants🌱 buff.ly/hL20VSC 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 When differences help – or hinder – coexistence: Functional insights from mangrove ants🐜 buff.ly/3UpczpI 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Why do some flowers attract a wider variety of hummingbirds than others?🐦 buff.ly/tn6GYzO 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Rooted disruptions: belowground herbivory drives contrasting natural enemy foraging for hosts and prey🚇 buff.ly/zyhf0GF 🧪🌍

👀Behind the Paper!👀 🐦Author Rafael Dias explains why small places can matter in big ways, shares the logistics cross-country research efforts, and discusses balancing research, teaching and creativity🎨 Read it here👇 buff.ly/EfBqyy2 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Pollen essential amino acids shape bat–flower interaction networks🦇 buff.ly/CMGf5Fq 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus alters the phyllosphere microbial community and modifies plant defenses against co-attack of pea aphid and pathogen🦠 buff.ly/QRDEs3g 🧪🌍

There are just two weeks left to apply for our 2026 Associate Editor Mentoring Scheme! ⏰🌏 If you're based in the Global South and interested in learning about the peer review process through hands-on experience then learn more below 🧪👇 bit.ly/47uwYlD

📰Published📰Battle of the giants: clonal expansion rates, effects on wetland plant communities and competition between introduced Phragmites australis australis and native Phragmites australis americanus🌿 buff.ly/6Ix1sbj 🧪🌍

📰Published📰The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong: time-delayed effects of adaptation prevent superiority and promote diversity⌛ buff.ly/jinBVSO 🧪🌍

🎧Podcast out now!🎧 👂Listen to author @omgitsmejenny.bsky.social chat to us about her research article "Isolating the effects of floral temperature on visitation and behaviour of wild bee and fly pollinators"🌡️ Soundcloud🟧: buff.ly/zfVnsGC Spotify🟢: buff.ly/LCvSq2N 🧪🌍

🏅As we approach the end of #PeerReviewWeek, we’d like to thank all our fantastic editors for their incredibly hard work facilitating the peer review process and contributing to the journal!📙 You can find out more about our editors here👇 buff.ly/j4WFVut 🧪🌍

With #PeerReviewWeek coming to an end, we’re highlighting our previous blog post about collaborative peer review 👥 We believe collaborative #PeerReview can be fantastic training for Early Career Researchers and encourage it across the BES journals! 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/xlrelhgxnq

📰Published📰 Bigger habitats hold more variety in bird lifestyles, but small ones can still be special!🐦 buff.ly/Abw2Kjp 🧪🌍

the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪

#BESAG2025 #ECRs price winners:🥇Rosie Williams(prize from @funecology.bsky.social) & 🥈 @ap3489.bsky.social (@zslofficial.bsky.social price)!Rosie: sea surface temperature, pollution and infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins & Adam: how bioturbators benefit C and nutrients

What would it look like to combine scientific research, public education, and ecosystem restoration all in one place? 🌱 Check out are latest blog post to find out more! 👇 buff.ly/PEUuVb7 @holdenrestoration.bsky.social @itsdrfunk.bsky.social

🌟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 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Effects of past and current temperatures on the flight performance of invasive pest fruit flies🪰 buff.ly/722Gl0X 🧪🌍

👀Behind the Paper!👀 🦋 Violine Ossola and team explore how clearwing and opaque butterflies tackle temperature gradients via different behavioural and physiological adaptations in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru⛰️ Read it here👇 buff.ly/7ytc7S2 🧪🌍

🚨 Don't forget to sign up to our MEE live! next week 🚨 In this free online workshop, Ata Kalirad joins us to talk about their recent paper on Ecological Graph Theory, a method to simulate competition in structured populations 🌍 🧪 Find out more about the workshop and register 👇 buff.ly/o6opuoG

Did you know that all of our journals offer authors the chance to improve their manuscript's clarity for free? ✍️ This #PeerReviewWeek check out our post which explains why we made the decision to offer the Writefull service to all 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/rooofhshdm

As part of peer review week, we want to highlight our blog post on the evolution and diversity of peer review. The post gives a great overview on double-anonymous and transparent peer review processes 📰 Read the post here 👉 buff.ly/s2gGIR7 #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025

📰Published📰 Pay up or die: tradeoffs between telomere length, somatic growth and body condition in embryonic and adult sand lizards🦎 buff.ly/Dlhydj6 🧪🌍

📰Published📰The town roach and the country roach: how do they look?🪳 buff.ly/w2QbsLH 🧪🌍

This year's winners have been announced for our ECR Reviewer Prize! 🏆🌎🧪 This #PeerReviewWeek, we're highlighting the vital role that many #ECRs play in #PeerReview. Find out more below 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/09/16/w...

📰Published📰ShareTrait: Towards interoperable and reusable individual trait‐based data in ectotherms💻 buff.ly/nhzs60F 🧪🌍

📣New publication ! In agricultural landscapes, spontaneous grass margins can serve as refuges for spider species that cannot tolerate crop field conditions and that possess unique morphological or behavioral traits. @funecology.bsky.social @agrarunigoe.bsky.social 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

📣 Sign up to our free online workshop! Explore the evolving landscape of biodiversity and nature reporting, and the challenges of applying these within complex international supply chains with Dr. Tara Garraty, Tunley Environmental, and Benedicta Bakpa, Bespak 🌎💡 Register here: buff.ly/o0GFgVZ

📰Published📰 Spiders that inhabit agricultural landscapes benefit from diverse habitat types🕷️ buff.ly/cEydJJH 🧪🌍

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT We got a new paper finally published @funecology.bsky.social, lead by @felixpleiva.bsky.social, and presenting Share Trait platform for interoperable and reusable use of individual-level trait data in ectotherms. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper in @funecology.bsky.social led by @felixpleiva.bsky.social. We present ShareTrait, a community-driven platform for standardising & sharing individual-level trait data in ectotherms to improve data reuse across studies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #OpenScience #FAIRdata

Did you know that it's officially #PeerReviewWeek? 📑💭 Whether you're looking to learn more about #PeerReview for the first time or want to brush up on some best practice tips, check out our free guide below 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/eoffzyiudg

📙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 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Sex-specific hydraulics linked to NSC dynamics in Populus euphratica🌳 buff.ly/drFs2u1 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Nitrogen-transforming microorganisms potentially facilitate the invasion of Moso bamboo into evergreen broadleaf forests🎍 buff.ly/OjCDFFI 🧪🌍

🤝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 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Climate change affects litter decomposition in the benthic and hyporheic zones of stream mesocosms🛶 buff.ly/zgX59eR 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Does fruit colour affect birds’ fruit choice?🐦 buff.ly/WobibhQ 🧪🌍

🍂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 🧪🌍

📰Published📰 Do sun orchids mimic buzz-pollinated plants?🐝 buff.ly/Tr4POIp Check out a video about this research here!📽️ buff.ly/tMOYfPG

📰Published📰Phosphorus recycling: how plants on nutrient poor soils make ends meet🌱 buff.ly/lja9aBp 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Soil microbial metabolic limitations under subalpine coniferous and broad-leaved forests responding to litter input and removal treatments🦠 buff.ly/I1mn3F8 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Organic fertilizers enhance agricultural sustainability through beneficial soil fungi🚜 buff.ly/t7Ix9Lh 🧪🌍

Thanks for featuring me in the “Meet the Editor” blog. Big thanks to the editorial team of @funecology.bsky.social and to all the reviewers and authors who keep advancing ecological research.

🤝 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⭐

📰Published📰Controlling which fungi decay birch wood alters microbial communities and carbon release🦠 buff.ly/H4MsZoo 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Genes in beneficial bacteria influence how the plants that house them interact with parasitic nematodes🦠 buff.ly/nFiRnLD 🧪🌍

📰Published📰Ecosystem daytime and night time respiration significantly decreases as temperature increases☀️🌙 buff.ly/Ok5u8KM 🧪🌍

Authors who are publishing an article with us are now able to submit a Plain Language Summary to be shared alongside their study! 💬🧪 These short-form pieces are aimed at making research accessible to a wider audience, & will be free to read🔖🌏 More info👇 bit.ly/4ndGkXF