UCSB's Professor David Tilman just recieved the National Medal of Science for revealing the importance of biodiversity.

To compare microbial functional diversity in different oil-contaminated fields and to know the effects of oil contaminant and environmental factors, soil samples were taken from typical oil ...

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The study focused on how topographic complexity affects the functional and phylogenetic diversity of plant communities. To unravel the ecological dynamics, the team analyzed plant communities ...