Changes in plant communities follow climate change
A study by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), in collaboration with the University of Jena, shows that mountain peaks respond most rapidly to climate warming
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Forest type shapes bird communities throughout the year
A study by the University of Jena, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the Northwest German Forest Research Institute highlights the potential of AI-supported bird monitoring
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Roadmap for Europe's biodiversity monitoring system
New study charts how digital technologies, DNA, and coordinated governance can transform biodiversity observation across Europe and support global conservation goals.
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Smaller fish and changing food webs – even where species numbers stay the same
Long-term global data show shifts in fish size, feeding relationships, and trophic structure across marine and freshwater ecosystems
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Social media images help fill “major gaps” in global biodiversity data
Using the rapidly expanding tawny coster butterfly as a test case, a new paper shows how social media images strengthen—and also expose limits within—global biodiversity datasets and efforts to map species’ movements.
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Invisible Actors in Groundwater
Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence »Balance of the Microverse« discover previously unknown viruses and their central role in ecosystems
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The invisible worlds beneath our feet
A research team from the Cluster of Excellence »Balance of the Microverse« shows how microorganisms on rock surfaces shape groundwater
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Mosses help to reduce nitrogen in the forest
Researchers at the University of Jena are investigating the lower layers of the forest ecosystem
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Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss
Study by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the University of Jena examines insect biomass in German grasslands, such as meadows and pastures
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Fewer ground beetles in Germany
A research team from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the University Jena and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) analysed over 600,000 data sets.
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Previously uncultivable bacteria provide new insights into groundwater ecosystems
Research team from the Cluster of Excellence »Balance of the Microverse« has succeeded in cultivating hard-to-grow microbes in the laboratory
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Gene transfer across species boundaries
International research group reports in "Science" on gene transfer in related bird species
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