We discuss which plant species are likely to become winners, that is achieve the highest
global abundance, in changing landscapes, and whether plant‐associated microbes play a …

Studies of biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) have long focused on the role of
nitrogen (N)-fixing legumes as a functional group that occupies a distinct and important …

The future of the land carbon sink depends on the availability of nitrogen (N), and,
specifically, on symbiotic N fixation,,,,–, which can rapidly alleviate N limitation. The …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) is a key ecological process whose impact depends on the
strategy of SNF regulation—the degree to which rates of SNF change in response to …

The traditional view holds that biological nitrogen (N) fixation often peaks in early‐or mid‐
successional ecosystems and declines throughout succession based on the hypothesis that …

Vegetation processes are fundamentally limited by nutrient and water availability, the uptake
of which is mediated by plant roots in terrestrial ecosystems. While tropical forests play a …

Atmospheric deposition is an important component of the nutrient cycles of terrestrial
ecosystems, but field measurements are especially scarce in tropical regions. In this study …

Biological nitrogen fixation is a key process for the maintenance of natural ecosystems
productivity. In tropical forests, the contribution of asymbiotic nitrogen fixation (ANF) to the …

Legumes provide an essential service to ecosystems by capturing nitrogen from the
atmosphere and delivering it to the soil, where it may then be available to other plants …

Biological nitrogen fixation represents the largest natural flux of new nitrogen (N) into
terrestrial ecosystems, providing a critical N source to support net primary productivity of …