Ongoing climate change poses significant threats to plant function and distribution.
Increased temperatures and altered precipitation regimes amplify drought frequency and …

Relationships between biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions (that is, ecosystem
multifunctionality) are context-dependent. Both plant and soil microbial diversity have been …

Globally, the allocation of root-shoot biomass is a key plant-adaptive strategy for terrestrial
ecosystems to enhance carbon-sequestration capacity. However, the deep mechanisms of …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a parenting programme as a preventive
intervention with parents of preschool children considered to be at risk of develo** …

Leaf functional traits (LFTs) of desert plants are responsive, adaptable and highly plastic to
their environment. However, the macroscale variation in LFTs and driving factors underlying …

Here, we present the second part of a quantitative theory for the structure and dynamics of
forests under demographic and resource steady state. The theory is based on individual …

The dynamics of multiple ecosystem functions (that is, multifunctionality) are closely
associated with biodiversity, often show positive relationships, but the dynamics of the …

Theories based on competition for resources predict a monotonic negative relationship
between population density and individual biomass in plant populations. They do not …

Water use efficiency (WUE) links carbon and water cycling and has been recognized as
important in understanding the carbon-water budget of terrestrial ecosystems. However …

Biomass allocation is closely related to species traits, resources availability and competitive
abilities, and therefore it is often used to capture resource utilisation within plants. In this …