Plant resource allocation patterns often reveal tradeoffs that favor growth (G) over defense
(D), or vice versa. Ecologists most often explain G–D tradeoffs through principles of …

Soil fungi and bacteria are the key players in the transformation and processing of carbon
and nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems, yet controls on their abundance and activity are not …

Organic amendments (OAs) and soilborne biocontrol agents or beneficial microbes (BMs)
have been extensively studied and applied worldwide in most agriculturally important plant …

Plant litter decomposition is a key process in terrestrial carbon cycling, yet the relative
importance of various control factors remains ambiguous at a global scale. A full reciprocal …

Plants can release chemicals into the environment that suppress the growth and
establishment of other plants in their vicinity: a process known as 'allelopathy'. However …

In the tropical rainforest of Amazonia, phosphorus (P) is one of the main nutrients controlling
forest dynamics, but its effects on the future of the forest biomass carbon (C) storage under …

Litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems is an important first step for carbon and
nutrient cycling, as senescent plant material is degraded and consequently incorporated …

Stoichiometric homeostasis of heterotrophs is a common, but not always well‐examined
premise in ecological stoichiometry. We experimentally evaluated the relationship between …

Whereas the primary controls on litter decomposition are well established, we lack a
framework for predicting interspecific differences in litter decay within and across …

The functional role of herbivores in tropical rainforests remains poorly understood. We
quantified the magnitude of, and underlying controls on, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus …