Soil microfauna are microscopic animals that live in the soil and play important roles in nutrient cycling, plant growth, and ecosystem functioning. A team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese ...
Ecology
Aug 11, 2023
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Since the end of the second world war, factors such as more intensive farming and urbanization have reduced the abundance of wildflowers in Britain. In fact, the past 90 years have seen the loss of over 97% of the UK's wildflower ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2023
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Researchers from the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt and the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Frankfurt have uncovered the factors that determine the enormous diversity of herbivorous insects.
Evolution
Aug 3, 2023
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Research led by the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath looking at the evolution of terrestrial orchid species has found that global cooling of the climate appears to be the major driving factor in their ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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Butterflies are being hit hardest by urban growth. Shrinking habitats and food availability are causing their populations to decline. The same applies to many wild bees that fly early in spring.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2023
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New species continue to evolve the world over, as different groups of organisms separate and take divergent paths. What happens when you add climate change to the mix?
Evolution
Jun 21, 2023
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Previous studies have shown that soil organic carbon (SOC) influences the provision of edaphic ecosystem services, making it a key indicator of soil health under sustainable land use management and for climate change resilience. ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2023
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Some of the world's most popular museums are natural history collections: Think of dinosaur fossils, gemstones and preserved animals. Herbaria—collections of pressed, dried plant specimens—are a less-known but important ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2023
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In a quest to unravel Charles Darwin's enigmatic "abominable mystery," a team of scientists from The University of Western Australia has embarked on a ground-breaking study of flowering plants that thrived approximately 125 ...
Evolution
May 31, 2023
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Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Nanjing University have found that nitrogen (N) addition and experimental drought reduced the complexity of arthropod networks.
Ecology
May 23, 2023
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