Jena Experiment

Plant diversity affects soil carbon storage differently across ecosystems

Exploring how plant diversity affects the persistence of soil organic matter helps understand and predict responses of soil carbon sequestration to biodiversity losses or gains across ecosystems.

UFZ

The role of researchers in politically charged debates

Interview with Dr Guy Pe’er: “Science delivering balanced evidence”.

Pentaploid Rosa canina’s flower reveals its unique sexual reproduction: asymmetric meiosis creates haploid pollen (anthers) transmitting only bivalent-forming chromosomes, while ovaries inherit both bivalents and univalents creating tetraploid eggs. This mixed inheritance maintains pentaploidy—a rare strategy among eukaryotes.

The seemingly impossible reproduction of dogroses hinges on a centromere trick

How centromeres enable a special form of reproduction.

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Events

sFutures 2 working group meeting

07.07.2025 09:00 – 11.07.2025 15:00

sTREND 1 working group meeting

08.07.2025 09:00 – 11.07.2025 15:00

iDiv Seminar – Summer Special

09.07.2025 13:00 – 14:00

sIbteds working group meeting

01.09.2025 09:00 – 05.09.2025 15:00

sFragment 2 working group meeting

08.09.2025 09:00 – 11.09.2025 15:00

sMoste 3 working group meeting

20.10.2025 09:00 – 24.10.2025 15:00

sSCAT 3 working group meeting

27.10.2025 09:00 – 30.10.2025 15:00

sTime 2 working group meeting

10.11.2025 09:00 – 14.11.2025 15:00

PartWiss 25 Conference

12.11.2025 – 15.11.2025

sARDINE 3 working group meeting

25.11.2025 09:00 – 28.11.2025 15:00

sEXCRETE 1 working group meeting

08.12.2025 09:00 – 12.12.2025 15:00

sMacrobehaviour 2 working group meeting

02.03.2026 09:00 – 05.03.2026 15:00

sModelProBio 1 working group meeting

09.03.2026 09:00 – 12.03.2026 15:00

sRED 2 working group meeting

18.05.2026 09:00 – 22.05.2026 15:00

All Events

Numbers

50,000 sDiv citations – 12 years of excellence in biodiversity research

The sDiv synthesis centre at iDiv has seen its scientific publications from supported projects collectively cited over 50,000 times.

60% of Germany’s habitat types have an ecologically unfavourable status

Faktencheck Artenvielfalt shows the state of biodiversity in Germany.

1,953 reports about iDiv and iDiv research in 2024

iDiv’s experts and groundbreaking research are regularly featured in local, regional, and international media.

Decline of global biodiversity between 2 and 11% during the 20th century

Land-use change was the dominant driver, large multi-model study shows.

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

iDiv is a global leader in biodiversity research.

The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) is focused on understanding the variety of life on earth. We measure and monitor how this diversity is changing, and how it affects ecosystem functioning and services.

We are establishing the scientific basis for sustainably managing, protecting, and restoring biodiversity for a more resilient future.

iDiv’s Impact