The researchers set out to study both biodiversity -- plants, insects, vertebrates -- and changes in how food webs function -- biomass ... predation and relatively high numbers of plant feeding ...

Importantly, results from simple low-diversity food web models often stand in contrast to results from complex high-diversity food web models on the role that diversity and structure play in ...

New research provides the latest evidence that climate change is having an impact on food webs in high-latitude ecosystems ... such as those at the museum and in UT’s Biodiversity Center, are to ...

A gradual decline in biodiversity may have led to a more devastating ecosystem collapse during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, according to new research. Scientists recreated ancient food webs ...

The authors propose developing risk maps before the spatial planning of offshore wind farms to avoid harmful impacts on biodiversity ... the structure of marine food webs—from phytoplankton ...

In doing so, it has resulted in significant biodiversity loss. The pursuit of global food productivity has also led to the homogenization of landscapes, replacing once-complex food webs with ...

Analyst Insight: Analyst Insight: Global food supply chains ... with experts to define biodiversity metrics aligned with disclosure frameworks. Develop a strong framework and governance. Continue to ...

Their model incorporated high resolution ... to ensure food security and to reduce agriculture’s environmental impacts,” Baldos says. Heading into a decade where biodiversity and climate ...

High evenness ... Functional diversity looks beyond simple species counts to examine the variety of ecological roles—or functions—that species fulfill in an ecosystem. For example, different plant ...

The researchers set out to study both biodiversity—plants, insects, vertebrates—and changes in how food webs function—biomass ... predation and relatively high numbers of plant feeding ...