By accepting optional cookies, you consent to the processing of your personal data - including transfers to third parties.

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.

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. 82°F.

"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 ...

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, ...