November 2020

Events
Secondary Metabolites of Fungi: Friend and Foe

There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters. There are no old, bold mushroom hunters.

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Research
Separating signal from noise in acoustic biodiversity surveys

We can now use acoustic recording equipment to monitor all the sounds produced in an ecosystem. By recording and listening back to sound in this way, we hope to capture useful information about nature. One way to do this is using ‘acoustic indices’, mathematical summaries of the acoustic information contained in audio recordings. But how […]

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Editorial
The Marvelous Photo Competition 2020, with Special Guest Judge John Holden - Part 2: Entries and the winner

Drumroll please! It's the moment we've all been waiting for! The votes have been cast, they've been counted and recounted, and we can finally showcase the entries and reveal the winner of the 4th EcoEvo blog photo competition!

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Events
Endophytes for Sustainable Agriculture

Food security is crucial to society. Today, the challenge is not just producing enough food globally (and distributing it), but to produce it sustainably and ensure long-term food security for society. Our work in the Trinity Botany Department (in collaboration with UCD) is all about developing more sustainable agricultural practices using endophytes. An introduction in […]

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Editorial
The Marvelous Photo Competition 2020, with Special Guest Judge John Holden - Part 1: Interview with the Judge

It's that time of year when we redecorate the blog and change the wallpaper with the help of our contributors and their photography skills. That's right, it's the 4th annual EcoEvo Blog Photo Competition!

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