There are lots of factors in how quickly organic material decomposes into compost, including creatures called decomposers. Find out what kind of things are part of nature’s clean-up crew. Science Trek ...

An analysis of leaf litter breakdown in climatically diverse habitats shows that decomposition by larger invertebrates dominates in hot, dry regions and warmer seasons. Researchers have shown that ...

Slugs. They’re slimy. They’re sticky. And they make some people squirm. The largest type of slug in the United States, named for its yellow body, is the banana slug. Some banana slugs also have brown ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Niche differentiation among species is a key mechanism by which biodiversity may be linked to ecosystem function. We tested a set of widely ...

David A. Wardle, Karen I. Bonner, Gary M. Barker, Gregor W. Yeates, Kathryn S. Nicholson, Richard D. Bardgett, Richard N. Watson and Anwar Ghani The vision for Ecological Monographs is that it should ...

Microbial communities are essential to a wide range of ecologically and industrially important processes. To control or predict how these communities function, we require a better understanding of the ...