In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Nitrogen fixing symbioses between plants and bacteria are ancient and, while not
numerous, are formed in diverse lineages of plants ranging from microalgae to …

Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment is driving global biodiversity decline and modifying
ecosystem functions. Theory suggests that plant functional types that fix atmospheric …

Bacterial accessory genes are genomic symbionts with an evolutionary history and future
that is different from that of their hosts. Packages of accessory genes move from strain to …

Nitrogen limits primary production in almost every biome on Earth,. Symbiotic nitrogen
fixation, conducted by certain angiosperms and their endosymbiotic bacteria, is the largest …

Legume plants from Fabaceae family (phylogenetic group composed by three subfamilies:
Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Papilionoideae) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) …

We discuss which plant species are likely to become winners, that is achieve the highest
global abundance, in changing landscapes, and whether plant‐associated microbes play a …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) is a key ecological process whose impact depends on the
strategy of SNF regulation—the degree to which rates of SNF change in response to …

Climate change has consequences for terrestrial functioning, but predictions of plant
responses remain uncertain because of the gaps in the representation of nutrient cycles and …

Grazed pastures are a major contributor to emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
(N 2 O), and urine deposition from grazing animals is the main source of the emissions …