The Bug-Network (BugNet) is a novel global collaborative research network that implements standardized consumer-reduction experiments in herbaceous- or shrub-dominated ecosystems to assess the impact....

Microbial nitrogen (N) fixation accounts for c. 97% of natural N inputs to terrestrial ecosystems. These microbes can be free-living in the soil and leaf litter (asymbiotic) or in symbiosis with pla...

<em>Journal of Ecology</em> publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

A team of researchers led by Oklahoma State University Department of Geography’s Dr. Hamed Gholizadeh recently received more than $730 thousand in NASA funding to further its research into grassland s...

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...

● Humid tropical forests typically contain high soil nitrogen (N), supporting rapid rates of primary productivity and recovery from disturbances. Nitrogen fixation is regulated by microbial communitie...

Tropical forests are increasingly threatened by climate change. Yet, it is still unclear how tropical plants respond to increasing temperatures. Leaf heat tolerance (LHT) in tropical plants is often a...

We learn how the annual Hot Chocolate Run is reaching its 21st year to support survivors of domestic violence, find out if artichokes know arithmetic with the book, "Do Plants Know Math?" and get nerd...