BIODIVERSITY

Diversity is a good thing

Humans influence biodiversity – in cities too. The psychologist Nicole Bauer and biologist Marco Moretti are jointly research-ing how humans and...

Small organisms with a big impact

Invasive fungi are gaining ground

Long wings, small bodies: Land use determines insect characteristics

How people manage the land determines not only which species can occur in a habitat, but also their characteristics.

Plastic waste in the soil alters the communities of bacteria and fungi

Plastic accumulates not only in oceans and rivers, but also in the soil. Little is known about how this affects soil organisms, especially those in...

The mires in Rothenthurm are becoming drier

Despite conservation efforts, many Swiss mires are developing in an undesirable way.

High insect diversity in Zurich thanks to a mosaic of habitats

A team led by the WSL biologists Marco Moretti and David Frey wanted to find out how these living  conditions affect the species composition of...

Competition from below

For the mountain hare, the air at higher altitudes is becoming thin

Stubble fields as a refuge

Alpine plants and climate change: Which genes help them adapt?

Rare plants thrive in nature reserves, but are not yet protected enough

Endangered habitats for mosses and ferns: Erratic boulders on the Swiss Plateau and in the Jura

Zürich’s wetlands: Without counter­measures, more plant species will disappear

The soil recovers after intervention

Global map shows the species distribution of phytoplankton for the first time

Flight corridors of bats can be calculated