Human societies depend on an Earth system that operates within a constrained range of
nutrient availability, yet the recent trajectory of terrestrial nitrogen (N) availability is uncertain …

The least‐cost economic theory of photosynthesis shows that water and nitrogen are
mutually substitutable resources to achieve a given carbon gain. However, vegetation in the …

Leaf litter decomposition is a key component of global biogeochemical cycles that influence
soil carbon storage, nutrient availability and plant productivity. Ongoing climate change will …

Nutrient resorption is the process whereby plants recover nutrients from senescing leaves
and reallocate them to storage structures or newer tissues. Elemental resorption of foliar N …

The evolution of the leaf economics spectrum (LES) is known to be constrained by genetic
relatedness but also promoted at small geographical and phylogenetic scales. In those …

Forests are threatened globally by increased recurrence and intensity of hot droughts.
Functionally close coexisting species may exhibit differences in drought vulnerability large …

Resource availability for plants in dry ecosystems is largely controlled by the occurrence of
irregular rainfall pulses, which means that they must be able to rapidly take up water and …

With rising sea levels, mortality of glycophytes can be caused by water and nutrient stress
under increasing salinity. However, the relative effects of these two stressors may vary by …

Aims Shrub encroachment has been reported over a large proportion of the subalpine
grasslands across Europe and is expected to have an important impact on the …

Forest regrowth following farmland (agriculture and pasture) abandonment has been
positively associated with a number of processes including the regulation of hydrological …