As aridity increases, dryland ecosystems undergo abrupt changes that will reduce their capacity to provide important ecosystem services.  › more

Causes of greening process more complex and variable than previously thought  › more

Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble bees  › more

About the connection between insect decline, agricultural policy and our own consumption.  › more

Scientists reveal the ecological importance of carion  › more

The rewilding of European ecosystems can help to tackle both the current climate and biodiversity emergencies.  › more

Project brings together experts from all over Germany  › more

Marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea are home to more fish species, with the greatest gains found among species most sensitive to exploitation.  › more

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Scientists from iDiv, UFZ and Leipzig University discuss conservation management  › more

To save biodiversity, the major global challenges should be tackled now  › more

Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale.  › more

Narratives have functions and can be explained in a (simple) model  › more

Although local plant diversity increases over time, plant productivity does not significantly recover from agricultural use.  › more

10 iDiv members named Highly Cited Researchers  › more

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Global climate change could alter earthworm communities worldwide.  › more

Considered an oil palm pest, macaques can in fact diminish a more severe pest: rats  › more

Researchers map types and rates of biodiversity change.  › more

On 15 October 2019,  MDR TV broadcasted a beautiful documentary on the Leipzig botanical garden, the oldest botanical garden in Germany. You will see our iDiv gardener Alvin, our former gardener…  › more

Where people’s needs for nature are greatest, nature’s ability to meet those needs is declining  › more

Game of chance experiment: In a relationship with an unpopular regulator, the truth is somewhat elastic.  › more

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grants 5 million euros for novel approach to investigate mechanisms underlying biodiversity and ecosystem functions at Jena Experiment  › more

iDiv postdoctoral researcher Martin Volf received an Alexander von Humboldt Return Fellowship to continue his research on chemical defence mechanisms of trees against herbivorous insects. Volf has…  › more

iDiv scientists call for action to tackle climate and biodiversity change.  › more

Most experiments do not correspond to projected climate scenarios  › more

Recent study proves: Forests that are more diverse are also more productive and more resilient  › more

Rebekka Sontowski (iDiv, FSU) honored for her outreach activities of the MIE group  › more

The 5th iDiv Summer School on “Citizen Science – Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy” took place from 21 to 28 August 2019  › more

iDiv researchers calculated the economic value of local fisheries and the impact of fishing agreements and climate change  › more

Open-access journal follows exceptionally fair approach  › more

Researchers analyse EU Commission reform plans for the CAP  › more

With increasingly isolated habitats, complex food webs are deconstructed from top to bottom.  › more

International research team investigates mechanisms of forest biodiversity in Hawaiian archipelago  › more

Media release by the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg  › more

Joint media release by the State Ministries of Science of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt  › more

Fredd Vergara (right), postdoctoral researcher at Molecular Interaction Ecology and EcoMetEoR, received the 2019 Metabolites Travel Awards sponsored by MDPI Metabolites for his presentation at the…  › more

Media release by the Saxon State Ministry of Finance  › more

They activate a specific cell receptor  › more

From 24 May to 1 September the Botanical Garden of the University of Jena presents “Garten findet Stadt”, an exhibition on urban gardening.  › more

Predators play key role in the stability of ecosystems  › more

Martin Quaas gave inaugural lecture for his new iDiv professorship  › more

World Biodiversity Council IPBES presents long-awaited Global Assessment.  › more

Restoration success depends on regeneration potentials  › more

The prize, endowed with 1,000.00 euros ...  › more

Data bases often underfunded  › more

It has been published under a CC-BY license  › more

UFZ study reveals link between increasing yields and biodiversity  › more

Soil activity decreases nevertheless  › more

New puzzle piece in scientific debate  › more

Halle, Leipzig, Göttingen. The more plant species live in grasslands and forests, the more insect species find a habitat there. However, the presence of more plant species does not only increase…  › more

For outstanding achievements in basic research  › more

Also in neighbouring habitat patches species are lost  › more

First Europe-wide study relating population trends of birds to their diet  › more

Research team evaluates global biodiversity data – with surprising resultsLeipzig. After conducting comprehensive studies, an international team of researchers led by Leipzig University and the iDiv…  › more

Developed under the auspices of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)  › more

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Human impact reduces the behavioral repertoire of chimpanzees  › more

The new building will be complete by March 2020.  › more

Population and economic growth offset improvement of environmental balance of land use  › more

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New statistical model eliminates blank spaces  › more

Document calls for the involvement of all relevant players  › more

Award of the Research Academy Leipzig  › more

Tobacco plants gain an advantage by the timely sending of hungry caterpillars to the competition  › more

More living organisms on our bodies and in our homes could help in combatting diseases - if we let them live  › more