Study Shows Foundation Species Have an Afterlife

Continental-scale study reveals how dead foundation species shape ecosystem memory and living conspecifics

This article presents the first continental-scale study of how dead foundation species (trees, grasses, corals, oysters) continue to influen

How dead organisms in nature become building blocks for new life

This article explores how dead organisms in nature—from burned trees after wildfires to bleached coral reefs—are recycled into new life rath

Tree Mycorrhizal Associations and Phylogenetic Relatedness Shape Soil Microbial Legacies

This article summarizes a Functional Ecology research study on how trees associate with mycorrhizal fungi (arbuscular mycorrhizal, ectomycor

Study reveals how neighboring trees support each other's growth during Southern California droughts

This article summarizes research on how trees in Southern California forests interact during dry summer conditions. It explains that neighbo

Species Slowdown: Is Nature’s Ability to Self-Repair Stalling?

Dead Organisms Shape the Living World Long After They Perish, Research Shows