The application of a functional trait‐based approach to ecological restoration is receiving
growing attention worldwide, but lack of knowledge on functional traits and how they link to …

Priority effects refer to the order or timing of species arrival, including how species that arrive
early at a site either positively or negatively affect establishment, growth, or reproduction of …

We currently face both an extinction and a biome crisis embedded in a changing climate.
Many biodiverse ecosystems are being lost at far higher rates than they are being protected …

Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to
combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing …

Background Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of
subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback …

Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research grew rapidly following concerns that
biodiversity loss would negatively affect ecosystem functions and the ecosystem services …

Priority effects play a key role in structuring natural communities, but considerable confusion
remains about how they affect different ecological systems. Synthesizing previous studies …

Flower strips are a fundamental part of agri‐environment schemes (AESs) introduced by the
European Union to counteract the loss of biodiversity and related ecosystem services in …

Although many studies have tested the direct effects of drought on alien plant invasion, less
is known about whether drought affects alien plant invasion indirectly via interactions of …

Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments have shown that plant species and
functional group richness are important drivers of grassland productivity, but the impact that …