Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of ...

Essentially, the distinctive functions performed by glaciers ... need for a better understanding of the evolution of ecosystems and the complex interplay of species following glacier retreat ...

The ecological role of kelps can be compared to trees on land: they provide food, habitat, and a nursery ground for a variety ...

like δ-proteobacteria were associated with complex forms of organic matter. In terms of ecosystem function, rates of respiration and production were most strongly predicted by the abundance of certain ...

As vegetation degraded, key ecosystem functions such as nutrient availability, soil enzymatic activity, microbial biomass, and ecosystem multifunctionality progressively increased. However ...

The first animal communities could have had a big impact on how complex life evolved over 550 million ... “Our work suggests that a lot of the ecological functions that we see in present-day marine ...