Despite growing recognition of the conservation values of grassy biomes, our understanding
of how to maintain and restore biodiverse tropical grasslands (including savannas and open …

Heavy metal pollution is widespread, and has an increasing trend in some countries and
regions. It can be easily accumulated in plants, leading to plant species loss and affecting …

The cobalt mining sector is well positioned to be a key contributor in determining the
success of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in meeting the Sustainable …

Edge disturbance can affect forest vegetation and soil properties, causing shifts in plant
community structure. We investigated how linear forest edges influence tree community …

Functional traits are commonly used to calculate a wide array of functional diversity indices
to infer different mechanisms of community assembly and species coexistence. Recently, the …

Coal mining and grazing cause land degradation. Plant diversity loss is one of the
characteristics. Ground surveys cannot analyze the effects of mining and grazing on plant …

Greater awareness of the serious human rights abuses associated with the extraction and
trade of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has applied increasing …

Cobalt (Co) tolerance and accumulation were studied in three Haumaniastrum species: the
obligate metallophyte (ie the strict endemic) Haumaniastrum robertii, its facultative …

Open‐pit mining results in large amounts of degraded lands that require ecological
recovery. Adequate‐species selection for ecological recovery is of great importance. In this …

Questions How do resource acquisition‐related traits and stress tolerance‐related traits shift
along Cu and Co gradients? What are the relative contributions of species turnover and …