{"title":"Parental care and bird embryonic metabolism: A comparison between uniparentally incubating Silver-throated Tits and biparentally incubating Black-throated Tits","authors":"Qian Hu, Yue Wang, Hui Wang, Yu Wang, Xin Xia, Jiliang Xu, Jianqiang Li","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70265","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":"40 4","pages":"800-815"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70265","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683308","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70264
Sandhya Mishra, Shangwen Xia, Wenting Wang, Xiaodong Yang
{"title":"Elevation, soil pH and calcium availability shape regional and local scale spatial patterns of PhoD gene abundance in tropical and subtropical forests","authors":"Sandhya Mishra, Shangwen Xia, Wenting Wang, Xiaodong Yang","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70264","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":"40 4","pages":"983-1000"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70264","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683309","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70284
Yaoxing Wu, Zhiying Tang, Jiahuan Guo, Lizheng Fang, Huilin Shu, Lin Yu, Gong Zhang, Jun Deng, Lianghua Qi
{"title":"Below-ground drivers of rhizosphere functional gene assembly during Moso bamboo expansion","authors":"Yaoxing Wu, Zhiying Tang, Jiahuan Guo, Lizheng Fang, Huilin Shu, Lin Yu, Gong Zhang, Jun Deng, Lianghua Qi","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70284","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":"40 4","pages":"1001-1020"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70284","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147684021","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-03-05DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70291
Olivia K. Vought, Julie R. Deslippe, Indira V. Leon-Garcia, Janelle A. Veenendaal, Aimée T. Classen
{"title":"An invasive shrub drives carbon uptake in New Zealand montane tussock grasslands, with strongest effects early in the growing season","authors":"Olivia K. Vought, Julie R. Deslippe, Indira V. Leon-Garcia, Janelle A. Veenendaal, Aimée T. Classen","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70291","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":"40 4","pages":"1021-1032"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70291","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683303","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70207
Florencia Baudino, Barbora Žabová, Michal Řeřicha, Michal Knapp
{"title":"Heating up parasitoid–host interactions: High temperature increased mortality of late-instar braconid larvae and reduced ladybird recovery rate","authors":"Florencia Baudino, Barbora Žabová, Michal Řeřicha, Michal Knapp","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70207","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":"40 4","pages":"773-785"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147684218","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-03-06DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70252
Darryl McLennan, Agnieszka Magierecka, Tom Sloan, Neal J. Dawson, Caroline Millet, Neil B. Metcalfe
{"title":"Mitochondrial function predicts dominance status in brown trout","authors":"Darryl McLennan, Agnieszka Magierecka, Tom Sloan, Neal J. Dawson, Caroline Millet, Neil B. Metcalfe","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70252","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2435.70252","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":"40 4","pages":"816-829"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70252","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683483","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-03-04DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70286
Katherine H. Malinski
{"title":"Thermal ecology in a parasitoid attacking an adult life stage host: Recovery, sex effects and hidden costs of warming","authors":"Katherine H. Malinski","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70286","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2435.70286","url":null,"abstract":"<p>How climate change affects species interactions is a major issue in the field of ecology. Parasitoids play key ecological and economic roles as top-down controllers of herbivorous insect pests. A large body of research has shown that climate change disrupts host–parasitoid interactions, which can result in significant ecological shifts in the surrounding community (Kankaanpää et al., <span>2020</span>; Malinski et al., <span>2023</span>; Moore et al., <span>2021</span>; Pardikes et al., <span>2022</span>; Parker & Kingsolver, <span>2024</span>; Schreven et al., <span>2017</span>; Tougeron & Iltis, <span>2022</span>; Wenda et al., <span>2023</span>; Wu et al., <span>2016</span>). However, most of this literature examines agriculturally relevant host–parasitoid systems, for example parasitoids of aphid or larval Lepidopteran hosts, and immature host life stages, for example egg, larva or nymph (Malinski et al., <span>2024</span>). Because host life stages differ in mobility, sex, reproduction and other biological aspects, it is important to understand how climate change impacts host–parasitoid dynamics in parasitoids of different host life stages. The 2025 study by Baudino and colleagues (Baudino et al., <span>2025</span>) brings much needed attention to the understudied system of adult host stage parasitism.</p><p>Baudino et al. (<span>2025</span>) examined the ecological outcomes of a host–parasitoid interaction between the braconid parasitoid wasp <i>Dinocampus coccinellae</i> and the invasive harlequin ladybird beetle <i>Harmonia axyridis</i> host across low (18°C), optimal (24°C) and high (30°C) temperatures. In this host–parasitoid system, <i>D. coccinellae</i> attacks adult hosts and uses a symbiotic RNA virus (<i>D. coccinellae</i> paralysis virus, DcPV) to induce temporary host paralysis prior to parasitoid emergence (Dheilly et al., <span>2015</span>; Maure et al., <span>2011</span>). After parasitoids complete development, some hosts recover normal feeding and reproductive behaviour, making host recovery a central life-history trait in this system. Host recovery is rare in host–parasitoid systems and therefore understudied: most existing reports are observational and seldom quantitative. By explicitly quantifying host recovery alongside other host and parasitoid fitness components, Baudino et al. (<span>2025</span>) add nuance and novelty to our understanding of host–parasitoid interactions and thermal ecology.</p><p>Consistent with patterns observed in most parasitoids, the authors found that elevated temperature proved detrimental to parasitoid success. While parasitoids frequently completed development at 18°C and, to a lesser extent, at 24°C, none successfully emerged at 30°C. This failure was driven primarily by increased mortality of late-instar larvae in the high temperature group, potentially resulting from parasitoid failure to exit the host body. Ontogenetic variation in thermal sensitivity is increasingly recognized","PeriodicalId":172,"journal":{"name":"Functional Ecology","volume":"40 4","pages":"770-772"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70286","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683256","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-02-23DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70255
Daniel M. Ripley, Daniele D'Agostino, Daniela Denk, John A. Burt
{"title":"The energetic consequences of oxygen fluxes in a coral reef fish","authors":"Daniel M. Ripley, Daniele D'Agostino, Daniela Denk, John A. Burt","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70255","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1365-2435.70255","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":"40 4","pages":"844-856"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70255","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683903","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-03-06DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70296
Ruby Paroissien, Ryan Tangney, Catherine A. Offord, Mark Ooi
{"title":"The post-fire recovery of soil seed banks along a fire severity gradient in an Australian threatened mesic forest","authors":"Ruby Paroissien, Ryan Tangney, Catherine A. Offord, Mark Ooi","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70296","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":"40 4","pages":"939-955"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70296","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683486","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}
Functional EcologyPub Date : 2026-03-31Epub Date: 2026-02-18DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70277
Haifeng Yao, Zhipeng Li, Saichao Zhang, Shasha Hu, Huayuan Shangguan, Xin Sun, Anton M. Potapov
{"title":"Vegetation type mediates how urbanization reshapes the structure, function, and spatial variation of soil food webs","authors":"Haifeng Yao, Zhipeng Li, Saichao Zhang, Shasha Hu, Huayuan Shangguan, Xin Sun, Anton M. Potapov","doi":"10.1111/1365-2435.70277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70277","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":"40 4","pages":"956-968"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2435.70277","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683743","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}