Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss in the coming decades (Sala et al. 2000), in addition to the high rates of species ...

An analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard natural communities in a changing environment. In a collaborative study led ...

"Plant diversity has a direct impact on the co-evolution of species, the stability of ecosystems, and nature conservation. The loss of biodiversity can disrupt visible interactions between species and ...

High-resolution satellite images that captured multispectral data recorded the reflections of light from plant leaves. These data are not only of great research importance, providing valuable insights ...

Biological diversity, or "biodiversity," refers to variability found at all levels of biology. Biodiversity is commonly broken down into three levels or types: genetic diversity, species diversity, ...

For millions of years, a variety of large herbivores, or megafauna, influenced terrestrial ecosystems. Among many others, these included elephants in Europe, giant wombats in Australia, and ground ...