Publications by authors named "Isabelle Van de Vreken"
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- Cyanobacteria are tiny, helpful organisms that live in tough places like dry soils and support ecosystems.
- As humans use land more, drylands are getting worse, so scientists are finding ways to help restore them using cyanobacteria.
- They studied a special Antarctic cyanobacterium to see how it can survive tough conditions, and found ways to make it stronger so it can help improve the soil where it's needed.
Background: Pollinating insects provide economically and ecologically valuable services, but are threatened by a variety of anthropogenic changes. The availability and quality of floral resources may be affected by anthropogenic land use. For example, flower-visiting insects in agroecosystems rely on weeds on field edges for foraging resources, but these weeds are often exposed to agrochemicals that may compromise the quality of their floral resources.
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