Natural symbiosis: How plants and microbes share vital nutrients in fragile ecosystems
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have uncovered how plants and soil microbes divide up nitrogen in alpine ecosystems, helping explain how these communities coexist in nutrient‑limited environments.
Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to fly, would have had more diverse wing shapes than current scientific reconstructions suggest, according to new University of Bristol-led research. The study is published in the journal Palaeobiology today [Tuesday 23 June].