Tag: Forest

Behind the paper

Rafael Cabral Borges | Bee community assembly is regulated by functional traits in pristine tropical forest environments

In this ‘Behind the paper’ blog post, author Rafael Cabral Borges – a postdoctoral fellow at the Vale Institute of Technology in Belém, Brazil – discusses his paper “Bee community assembly is regulated by functional traits in pristine tropical forest environments“. Rafael explores whether bee communities organise themselves differently in forests and in canga areas, conducting fieldwork in the Amazon, and his passion for bee … Continue reading Rafael Cabral Borges | Bee community assembly is regulated by functional traits in pristine tropical forest environments

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Behind the paper, Translation

Rafael Cabral Borges | Por trás do jornal

Sobre o artigo A Amazônia está sob crescente pressão das atividades humanas. Ao mesmo tempo, grandes esforços estão em curso para conservar o que ainda resta e restaurar o que já foi degradado. No entanto, manejar um ecossistema tão vasto, complexo e extraordinariamente diverso como a Amazônia exige mais do que boas intenções: exige um entendimento profundo de como o ecossistema está estruturado e como … Continue reading Rafael Cabral Borges | Por trás do jornal

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Postcards From The Field

Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, Henriette Christel, Michael Köhler, Julia Imola Piko, Lena Sachsenmaier: TreeDì—Understanding tree diversity effects on Chinese subtropical forests

In this new post, the group – PhD students at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany – discuss their experiences working on the BEF-China experiment, the joys of fieldwork, and what the future holds for them. Profile We are a group of PhD students—at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany—interested in diverse facets of Biodiversity-Ecosystem-Functioning (BEF) research … Continue reading Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, Henriette Christel, Michael Köhler, Julia Imola Piko, Lena Sachsenmaier: TreeDì—Understanding tree diversity effects on Chinese subtropical forests

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