The reason why so many tree species can coexist in species-rich forests has long been a subject of debate in ecology. This ...

Fig. 7. Spatial distribution of rangeland grasshopper outbreaks for the years when more than 1 million ha were infested (white = no recorded infestations; light shading = 1-2 yr infested; dark shading ...

Questions: Pollination is an ecosystem function that varies at local spatial scales. Remote sensing may help to quantify and map the resulting patterns for a better understanding of ecosystem ...

BEIJING -- Researchers have produced the first high-resolution maps detailing forest diversity patterns across China. The ...

Background The ecological study of root systems lags behind the understanding of the aboveground components of plant communities, mainly due to methodological challenges. As ecological root theory ...

In a world of 8 billion people, there's one thing that makes each of us unique: our fingerprints. A variety of genetic and ...