Together with their colleagues from the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, scientists of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able to show that…
Most mammals are on the move every day while searching for food, to find a mate or to seek out shelter. Some larger mammals like zebra generally move longer…
In an attempt to better understand the urban environment and its components, scientists have discovered that sunlight causes chemical reactions in the dust…
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology shows that agricultural expansion and intensification lead to major biodiversity losses in the Gran…
The results of the study, currently published in the Journal of Ecology, show that land use controls the resistance and recovery capacity of mountain meadows…
So far, little research has been conducted on fungi that live on dead trees, although they are vital to the forest ecology by breaking down dead wood and…
Samples of floating plastic rubbish were collected by the team from 120 sites along 1500km of shoreline on the eastern margin of the Red Sea during voyages in…
Ecologists from the University of Southampton (UK) and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico) have been studying the presence and distribution of the…
Anneleen Rutten, PhD student at the University of Antwerp and the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO, Brussels) will present the method at the…
Two young ecologists from the University of Münster are studying the serious consequences fires can have for vegetation, soils and some endangered bird…
In Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants, collectors are bundling the sunlight on an absorber in order to generate electricity. CSP plants are often installed…
An ecosystem provides humans with natural “services”, such as the fertility of the soil, the quality of the groundwater, the production of food, and…
Nature itself can be the best defense against climate change for many species — at least in the short term — according to a study published in the journal Ecology Letters…
With less than 25,000 breeding pairs in existence today, it is an uphill battle for the African Penguin, which calls South Africa home. The 60 percent drop in…
Researchers from the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Seville have published a study in which they indicate that it…
„While the effects of climate change on tree growth in forests have been extensively studied, there is little information available so far for urban trees“,…
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