The massive die-off of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in 1983–1984 is one the main reasons for low coral recruitment and little coral recovery in the Caribbean. As the natural recovery of D. antillarum is slow to non-existent, multiple restoration studies have been attempted. There are currently three …

Past decades traditional agricultural landscapes characterized by a wide variety of grasslands, field boundaries, watercourses, and trees started to disappear. Population growth required an ever-increasing demand for food and traditional agricultural systems were converted to monocultures. With this …

There is consensus that plant species richness enhances plant productivity within natural grasslands, but the underlying drivers remain debated. Recently, differential accumulation of soil‐borne fungal pathogens across the plant diversity gradient has been proposed as a cause of this pattern. However, …

De Maashorst is een natuurgebied in Noord-Brabant gelegen tussen Oss, Uden en Zeeland. Het is ruim 3000ha groot en bestaat uit twee delen. Terrasvlakte Herperduin en de feitelijke Maashorst. Herperduin en de Maashorst bestaan uit een afwisselend heideontginningslandschap van naald- en loofbossen, landbouwenclaves, …