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First, the study provides solid evidence that soil micro-food web complexity is a key driver of ecosystem services, particularly in maintaining higher soil fertility and crop productivity.

"People have studied the importance of kelp forests for habitat and food around the world, but we never knew that providing energy was such a critical function of kelp forests in the Gulf of Maine ...

Entomologist and native-plant expert Doug Tallamy says oaks are a key plant for supporting the food web, which includes us. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 80°F.

Kelp forest decline along southern Maine has led to a shift in food web dynamics, with predatory fish now relying on phytoplankton rather than kelp for energy. Turf algae, ...

In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in his home state. The idea, shall we say, took root. That year… ...