Tag Archives: monoculture

Hostile forest: Bats increasingly seek shelter in settlements

By | May 28
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Credits: Carolin Scholz, Leibniz-IZW 

Conventional forestry and wind power in forests threaten bat populations. This is also shown by the current study from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW). Many native bat species are forest dwellers, including the common noctule (Nyctalus leisleri). Because they can use cavities in old trees as roosts less and less frequently in managed forests, they have to resort to roosts in settlements. Read more »

Soil from the laboratory should solve the problem of soil degradation + COMMENT

By | April 11, 2025
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Credits: ?? ?, pexels

With a Max Planck Fellowship (2025–2028), microbiologist Gabriele Berg from the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) is launching a collaboration with chemist Markus Antonietti from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Together, they are working on a solution to the depletion and infertility of our soils: In the laboratory, they are creating a tailor-made soil from plant residues, enriched with specifically selected microorganisms. This biologically active… Read more »

Confirmed again: Species-rich forests bind more CO2 than monoculture forests

By | February 26, 2025
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Credits: Chakkree_Chantakad, pixabay

Forests with a diversity of tree species exhibit greater aboveground carbon storage and carbon fluxes compared to monocultures, according to an international study led by the University of Freiburg. For the study, published in Global Change Biology, researchers analyzed data from the world's longest-running experiment on the diversity of tropical tree species. Forests with a diversity of tree species can significantly… Read more »