Preserving bat-mediated ecosystem functions | Nature Reviews Biodiversity
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In Washington, Pumas are protecting human lives by preventing vehicle collisions accounting for a 76% reduction in accidents
Whoever thought animals would be able to prevent accidents? According to a recent study published in ‘Current Biology’…
Environmental impacts of Indigenous land restitution in Chile
United Nations Declaration on the Rghts of Indigenous Peoples (UN, 2007). Fay, D. & James, D. (eds). The…
Food web complexity underlies biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning
Benayas, J. M. R., Newton, A. C., Diaz, A. & Bullock, J. M. Enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem…
Advancing nature-based insurance to protect people and nature
We identify five frontiers of nature-based insurance and share key challenges, examples of uptake (Fig. 3), and concrete actions…
Marine protected areas marginally offset anthropogenic declines in tropical reef fish contributions to nature and people
Carson, R. Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 1962). Hallmann, C. A. et al. More than 75 percent decline over…
Top new species from 2025
Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…
Climate change is predicted to reduce global belowground ecosystem multifunctionality
Ecosystem function data The following criteria were used to select ecosystem data for this study: (a) Ecosystem indicators…
Highly protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands
Cherlet, M. et al. World Atlas of Desertification (Publication Office of the European Union, 2018). Davies, J. et…