Trait‐based approaches have improved our understanding of plant evolution, community
assembly and ecosystem functioning. A major challenge for the upcoming decades is to …

A trait‐based framework of community assembly holds great promise for directing ecological
restoration, both for selecting species with desirable traits and for manipulating community …

Impacts of manure application on the soil fungal community in agricultural systems have
been extensively explored. However, the contribution of manure-sourced exogenous …

Species dispersal, establishment, and assembly are crucial stages of the life history of
plants, and clear understanding of the governing forces and rules that shape species …

Active grassland restoration has gained importance in mitigating the dramatic decline of
farmnland biodiversity. While there is evidence that such operations are generally effective …

The soils of Mediterranean semiarid environments are commonly characterized by low
levels of organic matter and mineral elements, as well as severe weed infestations, which …

Brazilian ironstone outcrops (cangas) are nutrient‐poor stressful habitat dominated by slow‐
growing woody species with high biodiversity and unique evolutionary history. Mining has …

Dry grasslands of the Northwestern Mediterranean Basin are seminatural species‐rich
ecosystems, composed of many annual species and some structuring perennial species. As …

Species-rich grasslands suffer from significant loss and degradation all over the world. In
particular in lowland Europe, the vast majority of these habitats are in an unfavourable …

The successful restoration of endangered habitat types at a low cost is of vital importance.
We tested how successful and cost‐effective six combinations of restoration treatments were …