{"title":"Mycorrhizal networks: Understanding hidden complexity","authors":"Adam Frew, Sandra Varga, Tamir Klein","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1322-1327"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engineering biodiversity from within: Termites reshape deadwood as habitat in subtropical forests","authors":"Baptiste Wijas","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Research Highlights:</b> Ci, H., Guo, C., Sai, B.-L., Tuo, B., Zhao, W.-W., Qin, H.-T., Zhang, T., Yan, E.-R., & Cornelissen, J. H. C. (2025). The wood economics spectrum modulates the positive effects of termite foraging intensity on deadwood invertebrate diversity. <i>Functional Ecology</i>. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70021. Deadwood supports biodiversity and stores carbon, yet most research has focused on temperate fungi-driven systems. In subtropical forests, Ci et al. (2025) reveal how termites act as biodiversity engineers by selectively feeding on wood with acquisitive traits and importing soil, creating microhabitats that enhance invertebrate richness. Surprisingly, wood traits alone did not predict diversity; instead, termite activity mediated biodiversity outcomes. These effects varied between sites, indicating context dependency. This study further highlights termites' role as ecosystem engineers. It opens new avenues to explore how termites influence broader decomposition and carbon cycling processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1495-1497"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70069","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruben E. Roos, Julia Kemppinen, Pekka Niittynen, Vigdis Vandvik, Inge Althuizen, Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Brian J. Enquist, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Jonathan J. Henn, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Kari Klanderud, Simone I. Lang, Kai Lepley, Marc Macias-Fauria, Brian S. Maitner, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean T. Michaletz, Richard J. Telford, Polly Bass, Matiss Castorena, Siri Vatsø Haugum, Yaoqi Li, Mary C. Linabury, Barbara M. Neto-Bradley, Molly Ng, Karolína Pánková, Marcus P. Spiegel, Eleanor R. Thomson, Lucely L. Vilca-Bustamante, Aud H. Halbritter
{"title":"Marine-derived nutrients shape the functional composition of High Arctic plant communities","authors":"Ruben E. Roos, Julia Kemppinen, Pekka Niittynen, Vigdis Vandvik, Inge Althuizen, Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Brian J. Enquist, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Jonathan J. Henn, Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, Kari Klanderud, Simone I. Lang, Kai Lepley, Marc Macias-Fauria, Brian S. Maitner, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean T. Michaletz, Richard J. Telford, Polly Bass, Matiss Castorena, Siri Vatsø Haugum, Yaoqi Li, Mary C. Linabury, Barbara M. Neto-Bradley, Molly Ng, Karolína Pánková, Marcus P. Spiegel, Eleanor R. Thomson, Lucely L. Vilca-Bustamante, Aud H. Halbritter","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1606-1621"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin T. Vozzo, Weile Chen, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo
{"title":"Arctic shrub expansion generates regional variation in litter decomposition by altering litter quality and the decomposition environment","authors":"Justin T. Vozzo, Weile Chen, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1567-1578"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential effects of temperature on multiple components of fitness in a modular animal reveal how temperature affects reproductive capacity","authors":"Jackson A. Powell, Scott C. Burgess","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1510-1521"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camilla Gustafsson, Renae K. Hovey, Ylva S. Olsen, John Statton, Gary A. Kendrick
{"title":"Functional traits are moderate predictors of above- and below-ground biomass in multispecies seagrass habitats","authors":"Camilla Gustafsson, Renae K. Hovey, Ylva S. Olsen, John Statton, Gary A. Kendrick","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1522-1536"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mónica González, María Cuervo-Gómez, Claudia Garnica-Díaz, Fagua Álvarez-Flórez, Laura Cubillos-Ariza, Victor Giral, Grace John, Luz Marina Melgarejo, Beatriz Salgado-Negret
{"title":"Thermal tolerance is linked to anatomical but not morphological leaf traits in woody species of Andean tropical montane forests","authors":"Mónica González, María Cuervo-Gómez, Claudia Garnica-Díaz, Fagua Álvarez-Flórez, Laura Cubillos-Ariza, Victor Giral, Grace John, Luz Marina Melgarejo, Beatriz Salgado-Negret","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1537-1549"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tristan A. P. Allerton, Skip J. Van Bloem, German Vargas G.
{"title":"Fast-risky versus slow-safe life histories mediate resprouting among Caribbean tropical dry forest trees","authors":"Tristan A. P. Allerton, Skip J. Van Bloem, German Vargas G.","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70041","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1579-1593"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144207021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu Yang, M. Luke McCormack, Fanglan Li, Weikai Bao, Ning Wu, Hui Hu, Yiling Wu, Zilong Wang, Dandan Wei, Tinghui Yang, Xiaojuan Li
{"title":"Variation in root hair traits in 75 xerophytic species: Constraints of phylogeny, trait trade-offs and environment","authors":"Yu Yang, M. Luke McCormack, Fanglan Li, Weikai Bao, Ning Wu, Hui Hu, Yiling Wu, Zilong Wang, Dandan Wei, Tinghui Yang, Xiaojuan Li","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 6","pages":"1594-1605"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144206473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob P. Youngblood, Johannes Overgaard, Michael Ørsted, Michael J. Angilletta Jr., John M. VandenBrooks
{"title":"Dehydration worsens heat tolerance of locusts and amplifies predicted impacts of climate change","authors":"Jacob P. Youngblood, Johannes Overgaard, Michael Ørsted, Michael J. Angilletta Jr., John M. VandenBrooks","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70038","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><p>Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.</p>","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"39 5","pages":"1194-1207"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}