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Bumblebee queens migrate for hundreds of kilometres
- New research shows that bumblebee queens cover distances up to hundreds of kilometres. Wageningen pollination researcher Thijs Fijen discovered this... -
Researchers map law of variations in plant roots: an onion outsources
- It has long been one of the best kept secrets in the underground world: what determines the variation in form and function of plant roots? An... -
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
- It’s no secret that many insects are struggling worldwide. But we could fix these insects’ problems, according to more than 70 scientists... -
Capita selecta: Perceptions of Nature in different cultural contexts (2020)
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The thawing permafrost
- The vast, permanently frozen soils in Siberia and North America are about to thaw, IPCC reports in its new report. At what speed will that happen and... -
Importance of biodiversity for farmers larger than expected
- In conventional farming, most attention goes out to the quality of the planting material, soil quality, fertilisation, weed control and similar... -
Land use plan should prevent conflicts between human inhabitants and wildlife
- “There were no big land use conflicts in the past. Villagers could move freely between places like Parakurungu, Kavimba, and Mabele in the Chobe... -
‘Plant roots exhibit starling behaviour’, Farewell lecture of prof. Frank Berendse
- Plant roots exhibit starling behaviour. The interactions between roots are essential to the continued existence of rich biodiversity in wild plant... -
Surprise discovery: large bee species are becoming increasingly smaller
- As part of their research into the causes of declining bee populations, an international group of researchers, including Jeroen Scheper and David... -
Wageningen University appoints two professors to the Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group
- Wageningen University has appointed Dr David Kleijn as Professor of Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation. The appointment takes effect on 1 July. He...