Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

▪ Abstract Feedback between plants and the soil is frequently invoked on the basis of
evidence of mutual effects. Feedback can operate through pathways involving soil physical …

In its simplest definition, a trait is a surrogate of organismal performance, and this meaning
of the term has been used by evolutionists for a long time. Over the last three decades …

How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Functional traits offer promising avenues to investigate how community composition and
diversity define ecosystem functioning and service delivery. In recent years, many empirical …

Background and Aims A standardized methodology to assess the impacts of land-use
changes on vegetation and ecosystem functioning is presented. It assumes that species …

Aboveground and belowground species interactions drive ecosystem properties at the local
scale, but it is unclear how these relationships scale-up to regional and global scales. Here …

The biotic cycling of potassium (K) in forest systems has been relatively understudied in
comparison with nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) despite its critical roles in maintaining the …

Background Soil microbiome is an important part of the forest ecosystem and participates in
forest ecological restoration and reconstruction. Niche differentiation with respect to …

Habitat structure is defined as the composition and arrangement of physical matter at a
location. Although habitat structure is the physical template underlying ecological patterns …