Altered activities of extracellular soil enzymes by the interacting global environmental changes

P Zuccarini, J Sardans, L Asensio… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil enzymes are crucial in mediating ecosystems' responses to environmental drivers, so
that the comprehension of their sensitivity to drivers of global change can help make …

Anthropogenic global shifts in biospheric N and P concentrations and ratios and their impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, food security, and human health

J Penuelas, IA Janssens, P Ciais… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The global nitrogen-phosphorus imbalance

J Peñuelas, J Sardans - Science, 2022 - science.org
Exponential increases in the human population and its activities are accelerating global
changes, from the climate to land use to loss of species. The rise in atmospheric …

Microbial carbon limitation: The need for integrating microorganisms into our understanding of ecosystem carbon cycling

JL Soong, L Fuchslueger… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies have demonstrated that fertilization with nutrients such as nitrogen,
phosphorus, and potassium increases plant productivity in both natural and managed …

Global patterns and controlling factors of tree bark C: N: P stoichiometry in forest ecosystems consistent with biogeochemical niche hypothesis

H Gong, J Sardans, H Huang, Z Yan, Z Wang… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bark serves crucial roles in safeguarding trees physically and chemically, while also
contributing to nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. Despite its importance, the broader …

Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield: a global meta-analysis

J Liu, L Fang, T Qiu, J Chen, H Wang, M Liu… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Inorganic fertilizers are widely used to provide crops with significant amounts of nitrogen (N)
and phosphorus (P), but can exacerbate soil carbon (C) limitation and acidification. Crop …

Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world

N Gross, FT Maestre, P Liancourt, M Berdugo, R Martin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Earth harbours an extraordinary plant phenotypic diversity that is at risk from ongoing global
changes,. However, it remains unknown how increasing aridity and livestock grazing …

Recent advances and future research in ecological stoichiometry

J Sardans, IA Janssens, P Ciais, M Obersteiner… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
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),) …

Nutrient dilution and the future of herbivore populations

M Kaspari, EAR Welti - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - cell.com
Nutrient dilution (ND)–the decrease in the concentration of nutritional elements in plant
tissue–arises from an increase in the mass of carbohydrates and/or a decrease in the 20+ …

Review on characteristics and main hypotheses of plant ecological stoichiometry

D Tian, ZB Yan, JY Fang - Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology, 2021 - plant-ecology.com
Plant ecological stoichiometry, as a branch of ecological stoichiometry, focuses on the study
of elemental content, ratios and relationships within and across plant organs, and the …