Ecosystem responses to global change are often nonlinear. Ecological thresholds are tipping points beyond which small changes ...

Environmentalists are warning a proposed $1bn wind farm that could power hundreds of thousands of South Australian homes ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

A groundbreaking discovery on the Falkland Islands unveils a hidden ancient rainforest.

Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded ...

A global study has revealed that mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) serves as the most stable long-term reservoir of ...

Natural populations of Calibrachoa and Petunia inhabit three different phytoecological units distinguished by climate and altitude: Low Altitude Temperate Grasslands (LATG) that includes the South ...

Temperate grasslands—those that get cooler in winter—are especially hard-hit. Found on every continent but Antartica, temperate grasslands account for eight percent of the planet’s land.

Grassland ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of grasslands, which are regions dominated by grass species but containing other non-woody plants and, in the case of savannahs, some ...

Our study in abandoned grasslands showed the effect of mowing treatments on increasing plant diversity (species richness and Shannon diversity index) in a short time period (21 months). However, ...