Allelopathy (ie, chemical interaction among species) was originally conceived as inclusive of
positive and negative effects of plants on other plants, and we adopt this view. Most studies …

Microalgae have emerged as a renewable and sustainable candidate for bioenergy
production coupled with pollutant removal from wastewater. However, costly biomass …

Allelopathy is a common biological phenomenon by which one organism produces
biochemicals that influence the growth, survival, development, and reproduction of other …

Plant–soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics,
the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and how terrestrial …

Invasive plants harm ecosystems and human health due to their strong environmental
adaptability, fast reproduction and spreading capabilities. Management of invasive plants …

Invasions by alien plants provide a unique opportunity to examine competitive interactions
among plants. While resource competition has long been regarded as a major mechanism …

Soil communities are diverse taxonomically and functionally. This ecosystem experiences
highly complex networks of interactions, but may also present functionally independent …

Some plant species are able to distinguish between neighbours of different genetic identity
and attempt to pre‐empt resources through root proliferation in the presence of unrelated …

A major aim of ecology is to upscale attributes of individuals to understand processes at
population, community and ecosystem scales. Such attributes are typically described using …

The quantity and quality of peanut yields are seriously compromised by consecutive
monoculture in the subtropical regions of China. Root exudates, which represent a growth …