A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine ...

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 ...

What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study ...

In a study tracking climate-induced changes in the distribution of animals and their effects on ecosystem functions, North Carolina State University researchers show that resident species can ...

Reduced ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations Scientists assess environmental effects of forest conversion Date: August 15, 2016 Source: Helmholtz Centre For Environmental Research - UFZ ...

Across years and every combination of ecosystem functions, minimum-required species richness consistently increases with the number of functions considered. Moreover, tradeoffs between functions and ...

Every year, growing swaths of the Amazon rainforest are degraded by logging, fragmentation, and human-sparked fires. New research using airplane-based laser scanning of trees shows that degraded ...

Research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized marine invertebrates serve as ...