Government and international agencies have highlighted the need to focus global change
research efforts on tropical ecosystems. However, no recent comprehensive review exists …

Tropical forest vegetation is shaped by climate and by soil, but understanding how the
distributions of individual tree species respond to specific resources has been hindered by …

Aim Anthropogenic additions of nitrogen (N) are expected to drive terrestrial ecosystems
toward greater phosphorus (P) limitation. However, a comprehensive understanding of how …

Tropical ecosystems face escalating global change. These shifts can disrupt tropical forests'
carbon (C) balance and impact root dynamics. Since roots perform essential functions such …

We present a meta‐analysis of plant responses to fertilization experiments conducted in
lowland, species‐rich, tropical forests. We also update a key result and present the first …

Experimental evidence for limitation of net primary productivity (NPP) by nitrogen (N) or
phosphorus (P) in lowland tropical forests is rare, and the results from the few existing …

1. Nutrients are a critical resource for plant growth, but the elements limiting growth in
tropical forests have rarely been determined. 2. We investigated the influence of nitrogen …

The concentration, stoichiometry and resorption of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in plant
leaves are often used as proxies of the availability of these growth‐limiting nutrients, but the …

Wood contains the majority of the nutrients in tropical trees, yet controls over wood nutrient
concentrations and their function are poorly understood. We measured wood nutrient …

Two opposing niche processes have been shown to shape the relationship between
ecological traits and species distribution patterns: habitat filtering and competitive exclusion …