Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people's relationship with nature in the tropics, a study led by Danish ...

Human enterprise is increasingly affecting biodiversity beyond outright species losses, causing changes in ecosystem functions and the services they deliver to human beings. However, few tools are ...

Our natural world is composed of a variety of ecosystems. Examples include forests, oceans, wetlands, prairies, scrub, deserts and lakes. Each manifests a combination of factors that influence what ...

Forest ecosystems are defined by a "salient" or common set of characteristics that make the forest ecology of a particular area unique. These very complex sets of forest conditions are studied by ...

Another year is in the books. 2020 will forever stand out as a year that brought many unexpected challenges and opportunities to the forefront of our consciousness. Collectively, we have all been ...

A food web is a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment. The simplest explanation is that food webs are "who eats whom" ...