Secondary metabolites are gaining an increasing importance in various industries, such as
pharmaceuticals, dyes, and food, as is the need for reliable and efficient methods of …

Under global change, how biological diversity and ecosystem services are maintained in
time is a fundamental question. Ecologists have long argued about multiple mechanisms by …

Climate change challenges societal functioning, likely requiring considerable adaptation to
cope with future altered weather patterns. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have advanced …

Medicinal plants and their bioactive molecules are integral components of nature and have
supported the health of human societies for millennia. However, the prevailing view of …

Plants being sessile entities are often subjected to varied environmental stresses. They have
developed an alternative defense mechanism that involves a vast variety of secondary …

Soil organic matter (SOM) is comprised of a diverse array of reactive carbon molecules,
including hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds, that impact rates of SOM formation and …

In recent years, metabolomics has emerged as a pivotal approach for the holistic analysis of
metabolites in biological systems. The rapid progress in analytical equipment, coupled to the …

Soil is an extremely complex and dynamic matrix, in part, due to the wide diversity of
organisms living within it. Soil organic matter (SOM) is the fundamental substrate on which …

Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

Aim As the two largest components of plant detritus input, leaf and root litter together
determine ecosystem vegetation turnover and nutrient cycling rates. However, the …