Given the expected future changes in their physicochemical environment, we anticipated variable shifts in structure and ecosystem functioning of hyporheic microbial communities in proglacial ...

“Species are expanding their ranges due to climate change, but what are the consequences to the existing structure and function of the ecosystem?” said Brad Taylor, professor of applied ...

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 ...

Linking the structure of communities to ecosystem functioning has been a perennial challenge in ecology. Studies on ecosystem function are traditionally focused on changes in species composition ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine ...

In at least some circumstances, biodiversity affects various ecosystem functions and the ways in which ecosystems respond to disturbance. Because these interactions occur at many spatial and temporal ...

The findings provide new empirical evidence for the long-term ecosystem engineering effects of woody plants and demonstrate the importance of burning for maintaining the structure and function of ...

Ecological processes and dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems; physical, physiological, behavioral, and population genetic factors regulating population and community structure; case ...

Measuring ecosystem health has long been challenging given the complexities of ecosystem structure and how systems respond to environmental change, said Law, who has been researching the ...

What is ecosystem restoration?Q. What is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ecosystem Restoration Program?A. The USACE is comprised of approximately 30,000 civilian and military personnel, making it ...

Scientists reviewing 85 million years of fish fossil records say that the basic structure of the ocean ecosystem – the ratio of fish compared to elasmobranchs such as sharks, skates, and rays – has ...

Scientists reviewing 85 million years of fish fossil records say that the basic structure of the ocean ecosystem – the ratio of bony fish compared to elasmobranchs such as sharks, skates, and rays – ...