Succession is a fundamental concept in ecology because it indicates how species
populations, communities, and ecosystems change over time on new substrate or after a …

Despite being recognized as a promoter of diversity and a condition for local coexistence
decades ago, the importance of intraspecific variance has been neglected over time in …

Microplastics in soils can affect plant performance, as shown in studies using individual
plants. However, we currently have no information about potential effects on plant …

Plant diversity in experimental systems often enhances ecosystem productivity, but the
mechanisms causing this overyielding are only partly understood. Intercropping faba beans …

The study of positive species interactions is a rapidly evolving field in ecology. Despite
decades of research, controversy has emerged as to whether positive and negative …

Shade, in ecological sense, is not merely a lack of light, but a multi-faceted phenomenon
that creates new and complex settings for community and ecosystem dynamics. Tolerating …

Summary 1 The stress‐gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts that the frequency of facilitative
and competitive interactions will vary inversely across abiotic stress gradients, with …

Many studies of community assembly focus on two mechanisms: environmental filtering and
competitive interactions. This focus ignores the importance of other assembly processes …

1. Once neglected, the role of facilitative interactions in plant communities has received
considerable attention in the last two decades, and is now widely recognized. It is timely to …

Over the last 50 years, the use of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers has increased
at a faster rate than global food production, resulting in substantial decreases of N and P …