iDiv is a DFG research centre with more than 450 employees and members based primarily in Halle, Jena and Leipzig. Here, researchers from 40 nations establish the scientific basis for the sustainable management of our planet’s biodiversity.
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Researchers at iDiv looked at long-term trends of land-based insects, such as beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, and found that decreases in the number of the formerly most common species have contributed most to local insect ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2023
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The conversion of rainforest into plantations erodes and restructures food webs and fundamentally changes the way these ecosystems function, according to a new study published in Nature. The findings provide the first insights ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2024
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A new collection of papers on artificial light at night show the impact of light pollution to be surprisingly far-reaching, with even low levels of artificial light disrupting species communities and entire ecosystems. Published ...
Ecology
Oct 30, 2023
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A new study has revealed a natural solution to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as extreme weather events. Researchers from Leipzig University, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the German Center for Integrative ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2023
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Photos of plants and animals posted on social media can help protect biodiversity, especially in tropical regions. This is the conclusion of a team of researchers led by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2023
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The tendency of communities and the species within them to become more similar or more distinct across landscapes—biotic homogenization and differentiation—are approximately balanced, according to a new study published ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2024
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A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the motivation and potential ...
Ecology
Apr 30, 2024
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Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) in the wild, according to a new study published in Current Biology. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2024
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Fish are changing how they search for and consume prey in warmer waters, with models suggesting that extinctions will become more likely due to this behavior change, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2024
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A novel study published in Nature Communications found that agroecosystems in Central Germany, specifically grasslands and croplands, may have an enhanced capacity to provide multiple goods and services simultaneously when ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2024
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