A study conducted by researchers from Murdoch University in Australia and Dalian Ocean University in China has found that ...

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National ...

From tropical rainforests to coral reefs, some of Earth’s most diverse ecosystems are also the most stable. This staggering diversity stands in opposition to ecological theory, which for decades has ...

For millions of years, a variety of large herbivores, or megafauna, influenced terrestrial ecosystems. Among many others, these included elephants in Europe, giant wombats in Australia, and ground ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The loss of biodiversity at local and larger scales has potentially dramatic effects on ecosystem functioning. Many studies have shown that ...

To test if a single gene could affect an entire ecosystem, a research team conducted a lab experiment with a plant and its associated ecosystem of insects. They found that plants with a mutation at a ...

Biological diversity, or "biodiversity," refers to variability found at all levels of biology. Biodiversity is commonly broken down into three levels or types: genetic diversity, species diversity, ...

Current federal policy shifts, which are forcing significant funding cuts and other changes to innovation programs, are creating challenges for local ecosystem builders. But ecosystem building is ...

Zia Yusuf is a senior vice president at VMware, leading the strategic ecosystem and industry solutions organization. When companies talk about their transformation journeys, though, it is often ...