Two important concepts in evolutionary biology, mutualism and altruism, were first made famous by the colorful anarchist ...

Wetlands are essential ecosystems that provide a variety of ecological functions, including carbon sequestration, water ...

The Soil Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America seeks to promote an understanding of the importance of soil biota among ecologists, soil scientists, and members of related disciplines, ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function; for example, not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. These are the conclusions of a ...

Lee, George Washington University; Laura Y. Podzikowski, Kansas University; Richard P. Phillips, Indiana University 2:10 PM: Recovery of soils from acidic deposition may exacerbate nitrogen export ...

To help farmers overcome these challenges, our lab studies soil microbial ecology and beneficial plant-microbial relationships. The soil microbial community regulates many critical agroecosystems ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function ... a research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Surprisingly, it applies to both ...

This large multistate, multidisciplinary project aims to overcome this challenge by: 1) identifying soil management practices that promote populations of native soil microbes with pathogen suppressive ...

We hope that this work will help reverse the trend of soil degradation and ensure future food security. Richard Bardgett / Professor of Ecology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ...

Often conjuring images of dank, smelly, mosquito-infested wastelands, upon closer look, wetlands are actually biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. Home to a variety of plant life ...

This profound interdependence has proved difficult to model, and traditional summaries of fire’s ecology point instead to fire’s effects on plants, animals, soil, air, water, and so on.