Desertification is accelerating under climate change, threatening biodiversity, food security, and human well-being across ...

By eating what no one else can, zebras expand the land’s capacity for life, making them foundational drivers of ecosystem ...

An important goal in ecology is developing general theory on how the species composition of ecosystems is related to ecosystem properties and functions. Progress on this front is limited partly ...

Forests provide biodiversity, ecosystem functions, income and much more. How can these diverse and seemingly diverging demands be met? An international research team led by the University of Göttingen ...

Ecosystem-wide primary productivity generally increases with primary producer diversity, emphasizing the importance of diversity for ecosystem function. However, most studies that demonstrate this ...

Here’s a three-part framework to make local efforts clearer, based on lessons from the updated Technical.ly Ecosystems Map.

Land use in tropical mountain regions leads to considerable changes of biodiversity and ecological functions. The intensity of such changes is greatly affected by the climate. 2019 marks the 250th ...