Phosphates are known to be essential for plant growth and development, with phosphorus
compounds being involved in various physiological and biochemical reactions. Phosphates …

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 …

The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of
terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite substantial progress made regarding …

Phosphorus deposition can stimulate both plant carbon inputs and microbial carbon outputs.
However, how P enrichment affects soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and the underlying …

Lotus japonicus has been used for decades as a model legume to study the establishment
of binary symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia that trigger root nodule …

Forests contribute a significant portion of the land carbon sink, but their ability to sequester
CO2 may be constrained by nitrogen,,,,,, a major plant-limiting nutrient. Many tropical forests …

Biological nitrogen (N) fixation (BNF), an important source of N in terrestrial ecosystems,
plays a critical role in terrestrial nutrient cycling and net primary productivity. Currently, large …

High-altitude mountain plants are at risk of extinction due to global warming. Our study
examined the stoichiometric characteristics of high-altitude plants in response to a …

Myriad field, laboratory, and modeling studies show that nutrient availability plays a
fundamental role in regulating CO 2 exchange between the Earth's biosphere and …

Abstract Paradoxically, symbiotic dinitrogen (N2) fixers are abundant in nitrogen (N)‐rich,
phosphorus (P)‐poor lowland tropical rain forests. One hypothesis to explain this pattern …