The accumulation of toxic elements poses a significant threat to terrestrial ecosystems ... researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

"Invasive species like Saharan mustard don't just compete with native plants for space -- they can fundamentally alter how the ecosystem functions," Rodriguez said. "Deserts have long been ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Saharan mustard is rapidly invading Southern California deserts, overwhelming native seed banks and reducing plant biodiversity. Its dominance disrupts ecosystem ...

Consequently, even in tropical ... and ecosystem function. Trophic cascades were originally thought to be rare, but now we understand that they occur across diverse terrestrial, freshwater and ...

The Earth's forests, deserts, landscapes and vital ecosystems risk a "major transformation" in the next century due to climate change, international scientists warned. Some of these changes are ...

Targeted removal and long-term monitoring are key to restoring desert ecosystems. Credit: Lynn Sweet/UCR Saharan mustard threatens desert plant diversity and hampers recovery from climate fluctuations ...

This shift weakens the ecosystem’s natural ability to recover from environmental fluctuations. UCR researchers sampling plants in the desert. (Loralee Larios/UCR) “Invasive species like Saharan ...

The internal attribution factors from the attribution theory were used to assess the terrestrial ecosystem destruction caused by consumers’ solid waste disposal. With empirical data from 727 ...

Dr. Paul Grogan is Professor of Plant and Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology in the Department of Biology at Queen's University, and was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in the ecology of arctic ...