Agricultural land abandonment and its impacts on landscape features have been a striking
characteristic of many European rural areas over the last decades. Although previous …

The study of ecological succession to determine how plant communities re-assemble after a
natural or anthropogenic disturbance has always been an important topic in ecology. The …

The growing imbalance between anthropogenic carbon emissions and vegetation carbon
sequestration is impeding cities' sustainability. However, previous research has not reached …

Secondary succession on abandoned agricultural lands can produce climate change
mitigation co-benefits, such as soil carbon sequestration. However, the accumulation of soil …

Mediterranean mountains are sensitive agroecosystems that have suffered intense land use
and land cover changes (LULCC) during the last century. From the middle of the twentieth …

Evaluating the environmental effects on soil phosphorus (P) availability is the key to
understanding P cycling and regulating forest productivity. However, what and how …

In a mixed forest, certain plants can release allelochemicals that exert allelopathic effects on
neighboring plants, thereby facilitating interspecific coexistence of two species. Previous …

Farmland afforestation has been promoted in recent decades and is one of the main
strategies included in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to recover degraded areas …

Purpose The aim of the study is to assess how afforestation may affect soil pH at the global
scale. Methods Using 2642 paired observations from 451 peer-reviewed publications, we …

Research into leaf traits, especially carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P), are
essential for understanding the nutrient uptake strategies and ecosystem functions, such as …