Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ... but not to the majority of terrestrial ecosystems. The team of ...

Invasive species are prolific. For example, many invasive plants produce berries, which some birds eat. The birds then spread ...

"We expected to see some greening, but I don't think we were expecting it on the scale that we reported here," researcher Tom ...

Understanding the conditions under which soil water limits plant transpiration is key to predicting the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems. The main factors responsible for water ...

Terrestrial plant and animal life flourished amid these ... Now, an international team has discovered an entire ecosystem ...

Climate Change has profoundly impacted the carbon cycle, particularly in terrestrial ecosystems, which play a critical role in sequestering atmospheric carbon. With rising global temperatures, changes ...

La Pierre, University of California, Berkeley Kimberly La Pierre is a terrestrial community ecologist, whose research focuses on the effects of global change on trophic interactions and ecosystem ...

An ecosystem is a natural environment in which animals, plants and organisms work to support life. This film explains the difference between biotic and abiotic, terrestrial, freshwater and ocean ...