Tremendous progress has been made on molecular aspects of plant phosphorus (P)
nutrition, often without heeding information provided by soil scientists, ecophysiologists, and …

Roots are near‐ubiquitous components of soils globally but have often been regarded as
separate from the soil rather than a substantial factor in determining what soil is and how it …

The substrates of the Brazilian campos rupestre s, a grassland ecosystem, have extremely
low concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen, imposing restrictions to plant growth …

Background Unveiling the diversity of plant strategies to acquire and use phosphorus (P) is
crucial to understand factors promoting their coexistence in hyperdiverse P-impoverished …

Abstract Background The Cerrado of central Brazil—the world's largest Neotropical savanna–
is comprised of a mosaic of highly heterogeneous vegetation growing on an extremely …

Few ecologists and evolutionary biologists are familiar with the ecology and evolution of the
campo rupestre, an ancient azonal peinobiome characterized by a fire-prone, nutrient …

Soil phosphorus (P) availability may limit plant growth and alter root-soil interactions and
rhizosphere microbial community composition. The composition of the rhizosphere microbial …

Despite the exceptional species richness and endemism, the environmental drivers of plant
diversity along old tropical mountains remain under-explored. The respective importance of …

This paper is an introduction to the special issue of the Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society entitled OCBIL theory: a new science for old ecosystems. Firstly, we elaborate on the …

Our aim was to explore the potential of Cerrado, a biodiversity hotspot which is a reservoir of
genetic resources of agriculture-relevant traits to be used towards enhancing the …