We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts ...

Forests are among the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystems, hosting a myriad of tree, shrub, microbial and faunal species that interact to sustain a range of ecosystem processes. Biodiversity in ...

Although many conservationists believe biodiversity is intrinsically valuable, the protection of biodiversity has also been argued for on the basis that diversity makes ecosystems healthier and more ...

Insects and spiders are important elements in the food webs of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. With declines in their biodiversity, the food supply for birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and small ...

Target 8 of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Kumming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) is to “Minimize the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and build resilience.” It is ...

Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being plant-dominated to being mediated by soil microbes, according to a new study ...

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Based on a press release by the University of Waikato, New Zealand Healthy ecosystems depend on more than just having lots of species – they rely on the complex relationships between plants, prey and ...

Healthy ecosystems depend on more than just having lots of species – they rely on the complex relationships between plants, prey and predators ...

This study examines the positive correlation between an area's wealth and biodiversity, known as the 'luxury effect.' The authors present an alternative framework for understanding links between socio ...

Biodiversity is the rich variety of living things that, woven together, support and sustain life on Earth. Biodiversity has many dimensions. It encompasses genes, organisms, species, and their ...