In a study published in Systematic Biology, researchers from Imperial College London, UCL, Dalhousie University and the ...

Global research team explores how environmental factors and dispersal barriers influence biodiversity. Why do certain plants ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

Research from Washington University in St. Louis says that bird wing shape—a proxy for long-distance flying ability—is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world.

Biodiversity includes two other components ... For example, a desert ecosystem has soil, temperature, rainfall patterns, and solar radiation that affect not only what species occur there, but ...

A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research ...

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen ...

Biodiversity is changing. The related mechanisms and general patterns are the focus of the Biodiversity Change research group. We provide fundamental research and primary data on biodiversity change ...

We are interested in biodiversity patterns within and between trophic levels, species coexistence and predator-prey dynamics across multiple temporal scales. The Baltic Sea is like a time ma­chine ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through ...

A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over ... and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). "Given enough time ...