Elemental stoichiometry constitutes an inherent link between biogeochemistry and the
structure and processes within food webs, and thus is at the core of ecosystem functioning …

Aquatic ecologists face challenges in identifying the general rules of the functioning of
ecosystems. A common framework, including freshwater, marine, benthic, and pelagic …

Conceptual and empirical advances in soil biogeochemistry have challenged long-held
assumptions about the role of soil micro-organisms in soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics; …

Bark serves crucial roles in safeguarding trees physically and chemically, while also
contributing to nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. Despite its importance, the broader …

Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of
population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions …

Aim Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry provides a promising avenue for deciphering resource
constraints on soil microbial metabolism but is hampered by limitations in current modelling …

The carbon use efficiency (CUE) of microbial communities partitions the flow of C from
primary producers to the atmosphere, decomposer food webs, and soil C stores. CUE …

The net primary production of the biosphere is consumed largely by microorganisms, whose
metabolism creates the trophic base for detrital foodwebs, drives element cycles, and …

Phosphorus (P) limitation to microorganisms is increasingly recognized in soils, but how the
limitation mediates the metabolic processes of microbes driving soil carbon (C) release …

In ecosystems, the efficiency of energy transfer from resources to consumers determines the
biomass structure of food webs. As a general rule, about 10% of the energy produced in one …