While most research on the relationship between ecosystem diversity and stability has focused on species richness, it is variation in species composition that provides the mechanistic basis to ...

The International Day for Biological Diversity is observed globally on May 22 each year to raise awareness about the vital ...

The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems. Biological diversity, often shortened to biodiversity, is ...

Biodiversity includes two other components as well- genetic diversity and ecosystem diversity. While people are generally most familiar with multicellular organisms such as plants and animals ...

Precipitation changes alter species diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in desert steppe environments May 6, 2022 Increasing plant diversity in agriculture can promote soil carbon sequestration ...

Over time, the benefits of greater tree and shrub diversity became even more apparent, suggesting that their richness contributes to long-term ecosystem functioning. However, the study also noted ...

Natural ecosystems comprise groups of species capable of living in the specific conditions of a biological system. However, if we visit a specific natural area, we will not find all the species ...

"There's lots of host diversity, invertebrates, vertebrates, crabs, fish, sea turtles, dolphins, shore birds, you name it," ...

Species diversity is made up of two factors - the number of different species in an ecosystem and the proportion of each species in the ecosystem. These represent the richness of the species and ...