Ecology goes to town Urbanisation is increasing worldwide, but as urban expansion inevitably happens at the cost of other ecosystems, understanding how this will affect biodiversity is crucial. Especially if we wish to ...

Carex section Ceratocystis (Cyperaceae) is a group of recently evolved plant species, in which hybridization is frequent, introgression is documented, taxonomy is complex, and morphological boundaries are vague. Within ...

Boreal forests are threatened worldwide due to land use change and climate change. In these habitats, the moose (Alces alces) functions as an ecosystem engineer by influencing plant community structure, and consequently ...

Climate warming is a primary driver of observed increases in shrub growth and productivity across the circumpolar arctic. This proliferation of shrub biomass has altered the structure and composition of northern plant ...

We are currently facing a rapid decline in biodiversity. More than 20% of all plants are threatened by extinction. Loss of plants may have drastic effects on our lives as they represent a fundamental part of the biodiversity ...

Forandringer i klima, arealbruk og viltforvaltning har ført til endringer i nivå og type av forstyrrelser i norske boreale skoger. Blåbær er en nøkkelart i boreale økosystem og det er kjent at den blir påvirket av beiting ...

Phylogenetic diversity (PD) is a biodiversity measurement that describes the total amount of evolutionary history contained by the taxonomic units in a particular region. PD has proven to be an important metric for determining ...