In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Research into biotic interactions has been a core theme of ecology for over a century.
However, despite the obvious role that biota play in the global carbon cycle, the effects of …

Earth system models are implementing soil phosphorus dynamic and plant functional traits
to predict functional changes in global forests. However, the linkage between soil …

Tropical forest root characteristics and resource acquisition strategies are underrepresented
in vegetation and global models, hampering the prediction of forest–climate feedbacks for …

Background Secondary montane forests, covering 30% of forested lands in the Andes, play
a crucial role in mitigating the impact of carbon release. However, the mechanisms …

We present a representation of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in the Functionally
Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator, a demographic vegetation model within the …

Terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems regulate climate at local to global scales
through exchanges of energy and matter with the atmosphere and assist with climate …

Tropical rainforest's ecosystem's stability, fertility of the soil, and sustainability depend on
understanding plant–soil interactions. Soil biota which includes plants and microbes …

Biomes are large‐scale ecosystems occupying large spaces. The biome concept should
theoretically facilitate scientific synthesis of global‐scale studies of the past, present, and …

Earth system models (ESMs) have a limited capacity to represent plant functional diversity
and shifts in trait distributions. Approaches to improving the representation of this complexity …