Researchers invert a classical approach to modeling food webs. Instead of trying to replicate stable, complex ecosystems using simplistic representations of species interactions, the authors' novel ...

An analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard natural communities in a changing environment. In a collaborative study led ...

How does habitat diversity influence biodiversity and food webs? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how the number of ...

Microbial research suggests that biodiversity does not always increase ecosystem stability. Although many conservationists believe biodiversity is intrinsically valuable, the protection of ...

Alongside climate change, biodiversity loss caused by human activity is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time. A study conducted at the Research Center for Ecological Change, ...

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are 'thinning out' the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the functions that support stable and resilient ecosystems. Subscribe to our ...

Introduction -- Basic terminology and concepts -- Forests as part of the global ecosystem -- Major forest types and their climatic controls -- Local variation in community type: the landscape mosaic - ...

New policy note highlights how financial flows contribute to nature loss in five crucial ecosystems, calling for stronger financial interventions to help prevent systemic risks to global economies. A ...

In a collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Helsinki, analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard ...