Biodiversity experiments: open questions and future tasks

Nov 13, 2023

Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems contain a large number of species and provide a large number of ecosystem services, in particular transformation of solar energy and carbon dioxide into biomass, fueling element cycles, soil formation, climate control and more. The role of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments is to test what would happen if the number of species within an ecosystem ...

Dirt-poor soils, pesky parasites and friendly fungi shape plant diversity in south-western Australia

Jun 2, 2023

AbstractSouthwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot, with the greatest plant diversity on severely phosphorus-impoverished soils. Non-mycorrhizal plant families (e.g., Proteaceae) feature prominently on the poorest soils, and are uncommon on richer soils.The ecological success of Proteaceae on severely impoverished soils can be explained by two traits. Almost all Proteaceae produce cluster ro...

Global Environmental Changes and Green Development

Apr 7, 2023

Erik Solheim is a well-known global leader on environment and development.  He served as Norwegian minister of Environment and International Development from 2005-2012.  During that period, he initiated the global program for conservation of rainforests and brought through  game changing National legislation - among them the Biodiversity Act and legislation to protect Oslo city  forests. He bro...