Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - DW - 20180311:21:42:00
A monoculture of clover. just a few metres away there's a patch with sixty plant species. ecologist nico eisenhower is taking soil samples . he's in charge of the project which was set up fifteen years ago. initially we thought it didn't matter for soil organisms and other processes how many different plant species a meadow had so we were surprised to see the enormous impact the number of plant species has on processes in the soil. plants turn out to be real team players diversity above ground means an active life in the soil below and a more vital soil means better quality saw al. funky lytto...