New research asks how local and regional factors determine the makeup of plant species in grasslands. Researchers from a restoration ecology lab are attempting to solve a longstanding question in ...

Fast warming in the Arctic - now running at roughly four times the global average - is reshaping landscapes, affecting shrubs ...

Saharan mustard threatens desert plant diversity and hampers recovery from climate fluctuations. Once believed to be ...

Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the ...

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce its 2025 Fellows. ESA’s fellowship program recognizes the many ways ...

A group of Brazilian researchers has, for the first time in the entire Atlantic Rainforest, estimated the population density ...

Daniel Laughlin, a University of Wyoming professor in the Department of Botany, has been selected as a Fellow of the ...

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 20, 171–197 (1989). Watt, A. S. Pattern and process in the plant community. Journal of Ecology 35, 1–22 (1947). Wiens, J. A. Population responses to ...

The University of Jena, Germany has won the renowned “Dance your PhD” competition in the category Biology with its video “Plant Vaccination”. The video visualizes the  thesis of Jena doctoral ...

Ecosystems can temporarily bounce back when common ant species disappear. Other species may step in to perform similar roles.

New research appearing in the journal Ecology Letters asks how local and regional factors determine the makeup of plant ...