Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms …

We review observational, experimental, and model results on how plants respond to
extreme climatic conditions induced by changing climatic variability. Distinguishing between …

Across plants and animals, host-associated microbial communities play fundamental roles in
host nutrition, development, and immunity. The factors that shape host–microbiome …

Root traits including root exudates are key factors affecting plant interactions with soil and
thus play an important role in determining ecosystem processes. The drivers of their …

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 …

Once seen as anomalous, facilitative interactions among plants and their importance for
community structure and functioning are now widely recognized. The growing body of …

Constructed ecosystems such as green roofs often contain monocultures or low‐diversity
plant communities, but adding more plant species to these systems can increase ecosystem …

Advanced nanoporous membranes with outstanding permeance and exceptional molecular-
separation efficiency are highly desirable for key industrial applications for alleviating the …

Although plant–plant interactions (ie competition and facilitation) have long been recognised
as key drivers of plant community composition and dynamics, their global patterns and …

Facilitation (positive interactions among organisms) in communities has been the subject of
increasing interest for community ecologists since the mid-nineties (Fig. 1), although this is a …