Background Model organisms are at the core of life science research. Notable examples
include the mouse as a model for humans, baker's yeast for eukaryotic unicellular life and …

Nitrogen (N) is one of the essential nutrients for plant growth. Appropriate application of N
can improve the N use efficiency (NUE) and significantly promote plants' growth. However …

Phenotypic plasticity and competitive strength are major mechanisms determining the
success of invasive species and are influenced by abiotic factors. A rise in the ratio of …

Aims Projections of invasive species expansion under a warmer world often do not explicitly
consider the concurring nitrogen (N) deposition. It remains largely unknown how the …

Short-interval and high-severity fires combined are emerging as a catalyst of major
reorganization of understory plant communities. In temperate forests of south-central Chile …

Invasions by eukaryotes dependent on environmentally acquired bacterial mutualists are
often limited by the ability of bacterial partners to survive and establish free-living …

Invasive plants threaten biodiversity and cause huge economic losses. It is thought that
global change factors (GCFs) associated with climate change (including shifts in …

Growth behavior of different species under different habitats can be studied by comparing
the production of biomass, plasticity index and relative competitive interaction. However …

Climate changes and artificial disturbance in riparian wetlands commonly increase the
flooding and nitrogen enrichment in those zones. Functional traits were considered as a …

Soil nitrogen can significantly affect the morphology, biomass, nutrient allocation, and
photosynthesis of alien vs. native plants, thereby changing their coexistence patterns; …