Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic ecologist who wants to uncover how nitrogen deposition affects plant and arthropod biodiversity? Are you excited by the idea of combining large-scale fieldw...

Various studies have shown that local loss of plant species within patches (i.e., α-diversity loss) hampers plant biomass production, raising concerns about the consequences of biodiversity loss. How....

Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg (JMU) and its partner Universities Georg-August-University of Göttingen (GAUG), Leipzig University (UL), University of Bayreuth (UB), Universität Bremen (UB), Un...

Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.

Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...

Why are some species widespread while others are found only in small, isolated areas? This study shows that species with narrow ranges, and thus higher extinction risk, are often island-restricted, poor dispersers, and have evolved relatively recently.

New Nature Communication publications sheds light on how ecological, evolutionary, and geographical processes can simultaneously shape species’ vulnerability to extinction.

Nature Communications - Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. Here, the authors find that dominant tree species are taller and...

CurveBend project: Upcoming vacancies for 8 PhD students and 2 postdocs We are looking for people who are excited to investigate how to restore biodiversity and promote a nature-positive society throu...

De Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), de Nederlandse Federatie van Universitair Medische Centra (NFU) en Unive...