Strategies to acquire and use phosphorus in phosphorus-impoverished and fire-prone environments

H Lambers, P de Britto Costa, GR Cawthray… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions: structure, function, and predictive scaling for climate change mitigation

LCR Silva, H Lambers - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Background It is well established that the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems depends on
biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks occurring at the soil-plant-atmosphere (SPA) …

Leaf manganese concentrations as a tool to assess belowground plant functioning in phosphorus-impoverished environments

H Lambers, IJ Wright, C Guilherme Pereira… - Plant and soil, 2021 - Springer
Background and aims Root-released carboxylates enhance the availability of manganese
(Mn), which enters roots through transporters with low substrate specificity. Leaf Mn …

Silicon dynamics through the lens of soil-plant-animal interactions: perspectives for agricultural practices

F de Tombeur, P Roux, JT Cornelis - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Silicon (Si) is increasingly recognized as a pivotal beneficial element
for plants in ecology and agricultural sciences, but soil-plant Si cycling has been considered …

A cool spot in a biodiversity hotspot: why do tall Eucalyptus forests in Southwest Australia exhibit low diversity?

XM Zhou, K Ranathunge, ML Cambridge, KW Dixon… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background and aims Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot, with greatest
plant species diversity on the most severely phosphorus (P)-impoverished soils. Here, non …

How do tropical tree species maintain high growth rates on low-phosphorus soils?

R Aoyagi, K Kitayama, BL Turner - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Background Tropical tree species can maintain high growth rates on low-phosphorus (P)
soils. However, the physiological basis of the high growth rates of tropical tree species …

[HTML][HTML] Moss patch size as a factor profoundly influencing soil nutrient characteristics and multifunctionality of temperate desert in Central Asia

Y Huang, Y Li, X Zhou, B Yin, Y Tao, Y Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil nutrients in desert ecosystems are influenced by various factors, and the presence of
moss crust cover plays a significant role in determining the nutritional content of the surface …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and elevated favor forest over savanna under different future scenarios in South Asia

D Kumar, M Pfeiffer, C Gaillard, L Langan… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
South Asian vegetation provides essential ecosystem services to the 1.7 billion inhabitants
living in the region. However, biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened by climate …

Calcifuge and soil-indifferent Proteaceae from south-western Australia: novel strategies in a calcareous habitat

PE Hayes, PL Clode, H Lambers - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Background and aims Proteaceae are a prominent plant family in south-western Australia.
Most Proteaceae are 'calcifuge', occurring exclusively on old phosphorus (P)-impoverished …

Carbon efficiency for nutrient acquisition (CENA) by plants: role of nutrient availability and microbial symbionts

R Wang, J Lu, Y Jiang, FA Dijkstra - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Background In a recent framework, Raven et al. New Phytologist 217: 1420-1427.
considered carbon cost of acquiring phosphorus by mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants …