Nutrients strengthen link between precipitation and plant growth

Environment - Apr 17
Environment

News from A new study published in PNAS, led by the United States Department of Agriculture and involving several researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and Leipzig University, investigated how the relationship between mean annual precipitation (MAP) and grassland biomass changes when one or more nutrients are added.

Environment - Apr 17

Nutrients change the effect of precipitation on plant growth

Environment

A new study published in the journal PNAS examines how the relationship between mean annual precipitation and grassland biomass changes with the addition of one or more nutrients.

Environment - Apr 16

Experiment in Leipzig’s floodplain forest: Using tree mortality to support oak regeneration

Environment

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light.

Life Sciences - Apr 16

Bonobos react negatively to inequity

Bonobos refuse to participate when faced with unequal rewards, reinforcing the highly contentious debate about inequity aversion in animals. To the point.

Environment - Apr 16

Experiment in the riparian forest: tree mortality can be used for oak regeneration

Environment

The English oaks typical of the Leipzig riparian forest and other German oak forests can hardly rejuvenate due to a lack of light in the undergrowth.

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