von Thomas Fester | Jul 16, 2016 | Ecology, News
Forests are important natural habitats with relevance for atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and for wood-production. How can measure forest well-being, the impact of climate change or of other human-caused disturbances? To answer this question, scientists from various...
von Thomas Fester | Jul 12, 2016 | News, Soil Biology
Many plant root systems are connected by mutualistic fungi exchanging plant carbon versus soil nutrients. What are the ecological consequences of these connections? Is it really “socialism in soil” or a “belowground sharing economy”? Studies at the university of Miami...
von Thomas Fester | Jul 5, 2016 | News, Soil Biology
It has been known for a long time that root hair are crucial for the uptake of nutrients – they multiply the root’s active surface. According to scientists at the universities Göttingen, Munich and Santa Cruz root hair are also important for the prior liberation...
von Thomas Fester | Jul 2, 2016 | Ecology, News
Sperm whale females have been known for staying local in the Atlantic Ocean and being more mobile in the Pacific Ocean. A new global study now demonstrates that this high migratory activity of sperm whale females is indeed unique to the Pacific. Possible reasons...
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