Although a number of recent studies have demonstrated biotic homogenization, these have mainly focused on larger spatial scales. Homogenizing effects are equally important at finer resolutions, e.g.

Abstract: The widespread replacement of native species with cosmopolitan, nonnative species is homogenizing the global fauna and flora. While the empirical study of biotic homogenization is ...

Researchers compile a dataset of over 200,000 plant species worldwide to demonstrate the extent to which species extinctions and non-native invasive plants reorganize plant communities in the ...

One of the key novel findings of the project published today (March 14) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the consistently negative impact a similarity in tree species ...

Invasive plants are doing more than just taking over landscapes — they’re also changing the soil beneath them. A new study co-authored by Matthew McCary, assistant professor of biosciences at Rice ...

Ants transported by humans out of their native zones reshape ant communities worldwide. A recent study in Nature Communications by the Department of Ecology and Evolution at UNIL shows that our impact ...

The new study by researchers in Brazil shows that climate change will lead to local extinctions of several mammal species throughout the Cerrado, the vast tropical savanna biome. Immigration of ...

Urbanization and rapid development are causing a lack of biodiversity in cities, including Pune in India. The process of biotic homogenization is leading to a loss of distinctiveness in plant and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conversion of Amazon forest for cattle pasture in Brazil. Deforestation in the Amazon leads to a substantial loss in microbial biodiversity ...