The availability of carbon (C) from high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and
anthropogenic release of nitrogen (N) is increasing, but these increases are not paralleled …

Studies on ecological stoichiometry (ES) have increased rapidly in number in recent years.
Continuous exploration of classical concepts such as the growth-rate hypothesis (GRH),) …

Biodiversity hotspots are conservation priorities. We identify the North American Coastal
Plain (NACP) as a global hotspot based on the classic definition, a region with> 1500 …

Grazing and global change (eg, warming, nitrogen deposition, and altered precipitation)
both contribute to biodiversity loss and alter ecosystem structure and functioning. However …

Background Ocbil theory aims to develop hypotheses explaining the evolution and ecology
of, and best conservation practices for, biota on very old, climatically buffered, infertile …

Australia has a mostly dry, open, fire-shaped landscape of sclerophyllous and xeromorphic
flora dominated by eucalypt and acacia trees, with diverse shrubs from a few families such …

Abstract Background The Cerrado of central Brazil—the world's largest Neotropical savanna–
is comprised of a mosaic of highly heterogeneous vegetation growing on an extremely …

Campos rupestres are rocky seasonally-dry environments that occur over mountaintops in
central Brazil. Plant growth is limited and prone to fire during the dry winter, and soils are …

Abstract Aim Using three North American species invading Europe (Aster novi‐belgii,
Lupinus polyphyllus and Solidago canadensis) and three European species invading North …

To understand the generation and maintenance of biodiversity hotspots, we tested three
major hypotheses: rates of diversification, ecological limits to diversity, and time for species …