While most research on the relationship between ecosystem diversity and stability has focused on species richness, it is variation in species composition that provides the mechanistic basis to ...

Predicting and mitigating the effects of climate change while preserving biodiversity is a top priority for both scientists ...

The study found that increased dryness reduces plant diversity, especially after droughts. Rainfall boosts diversity during ...

The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems. Biological diversity, often shortened to biodiversity, is ...

Researchers led by Grueber analyzed genetic data from 628 species, revealing declines even in non-threatened populations.

Across the tree of life, human activities are accelerating declines in biological species diversity, from deserts to oceans ...

Thus, alongside unyielding ecosystem defense and tenacious endangered species ... mutual support to a plan to safely restore beneficial fires and conserve biological diversity in northern Arizona ...

Species diversity is made up of two factors - the number of different species in an ecosystem and the proportion of each species in the ecosystem. These represent the richness of the species and ...

Researchers warn that if this trend continues, entire species could disappear, leading to the collapse of ecosystems. A new ...

Services provided by soils are vital for the well being of humans. The biodiversity-ecosystem services relationship is a hot topic in science but to what extent is it evident in soils? Aa Aa Aa ...