New research offers a better way to assess ecosystem health, moving beyond simple species counts to focus on vital connections within food webs. The Ecosystem Traits Index (ETI) identifies critical ...

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 ...

Regime shifts between alternative stable ecosystem states are becoming commonplace due to the combined effects of local stressors and global climate change. Alternative states are characterized as ...

“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 ...

“Since the presence or absence of wolves can dramatically affect ecosystem structure and function, we believe this is a major issue for restoration, conservation and management,” Ripple said ...

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

Object Details editor Riosmena-Rodríguez, Rafael Contents Chapter 1 Importance of Benthos in the Trophic Structure of the Ichthyofauna of Los Frailes Reef, Gulf of California, Mexico -- Chapter 2 ...

The proposed technical framework of herbaceous planting for the ecological restoration of urban brownfields—steps as micro-topographic design, adaptive species selection, symbiosis structure ...