Statement by Marten Winter  › more

Intensive use of grasslands by humans not only reduces species diversity. It also makes the landscape more monotonous, so that the same species end up everywhere, a new study in "Nature" shows.  › more

A fungus living inside the roots of tomato plants helps its host to defend itself against parasites. The knowledge about this mechanism cold inspire new solutions for a sustainable agriculture.  › more

Number of bears negligible  › more

Trees are able to distinguish whether one of their buds or shoots has been randomly torn off by a storm gust or fallen victim to a ravenous roe deer. In the case of roe deer browsing, they activate…  › more

International research team issues recommendations to improve the predictive capacity of ecological models  › more

Researchers seek explanations for the mystery that is monodominance  › more

Burrowing invaders conquest North American forests  › more

Statements by Henrique M. Pereira  › more

new NATURE paper by Harpole et al.  › more

This text is only available in German.  › more

Financial commitment over the next four years  › more

Leipzig. At the beginning of July in Leipzig, several hundred international experts in monitoring biological diversity will advise how the enormous gaps in knowledge about global biodiversity can be…  › more

Bees pollinate plants more frequently in the city than in the country even though they are more often infected with parasites, a factor which can shorten their lifespans. These were the findings of a…  › more

This text is only available in German.  › more

Small animals that decompose fallen leaves in the forest form complex food webs and are essential to a functioning ecosystem. A study comprising over 80 forests in Germany and on Sumatra (Indonesia)…  › more

Dr Sabine Matthiä has taken up the position as Chief Operating Officer at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig.  › more

new international study published in Science Advances  › more

First International ECSA and GEWISS Conference from 19 to 21 May 2016  › more

Forest homogenisation results in a lower ecosystem performance.   › more

More Sumatran orangutans live in the wild than previously thought, yet continuing deforestation is likely to substantially reduce their number  › more

Carbon dioxide changes community of soil organisms  › more

Eines der größten und ältesten Biodiversitätsexperimente Europas wird fortgesetzt  › more

The grant for Nico Eisenhauer is awarded to study the effects of European earthworms in North America.   › more

Communities rich in species are substantially healthier and more productive than those depleted of species. An international group of scientists has solved this long-standing ecological riddle using…  › more

MLU study with iDiv member: Global honey trade plays greater role than previously thought  › more