Every ecosystem is complex and unique. In some places, specific plants, animals, fungi, or bacteria will have a dramatic ...

An important topic in our research is the cycling of nutrients within lake ecosystems. This is because in a large number of lakes, the internal cycling of nutrients regulates the water quality and ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Nutrient cycling is one of the most important processes that occur in an ecosystem. The nutrient cycle describes the use, movement, and recycling of nutrients in the environment.

A new study published in the Journal of Plant Ecology has found that temperate forest tree species, regardless of their root ...

University of Queensland research has shown unpredictable environmental events help maintain plant, animal and microbial ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less ...

A global effort to create a “microbial Noah’s Ark” to preserve the world’s diverse collection of healthy microbes before they ...

To investigate this cycle scientists from Washington State University and the non-profit Panthera identified 65 puma kill sites by tracking GPS-collared pumas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem ...