The joint action mode of the allometric partitioning theory (APT) and #OptimalPartitioningTheory (OPT) in #BiomassAllocation of #Artemisia plants: APT provides a baseline for allocation, while OPT makes adaptive adjustments based on this baseline. @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Community leaf nutrient characteristics drive soil carbon stabilization by regulating #SoilNutrient and #MicrobialCommunity in a subtropical forest plantation. #Biodiversity_ecosystemFunctioning | #PhospholipidFattyAcidAnalysis | #EnzymeActivities @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

The #AbandonedArea in secondary forest for about 30 years in the Mekong River basin in western Thailand exhibits both aggregated and random distribution patterns in its #SoilSeedBank #PioneerSpecies | #SeasonallyDryTropicalForests @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

How to operationalize the complex effects of heterospecific neighbors on #SpeciesCoexistence❓ ⭐The study developed SDIACF, a tool for classification based on static and dynamic interspecific associations between #HeterospecificNeighbors and focal species. doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

6 years of #GrazingExclusion may be a critical turning point for #AlpineMeadow vegetation restoration. At this stage, the community achieves a dynamic balance between competition and coexistence. #CommunityDynamics | #InterspecificAssociation @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

🔗The #Home_fieldAdvantage in subtropical forests is not solely determined by #LitterQuality but emerges from the interaction between litter traits and soil microbial metabolic strategy. #LitterDecomposition | #SoilEnzymeActivity @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

🔗The #Home_fieldAdvantage in subtropical forests is not solely determined by #LitterQuality but emerges from the interaction between litter traits and soil microbial metabolic strategy. #LitterDecomposition | #SoilEnzymeActivity @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Interspecific competition promotes root foraging of a clonal plant via physiological integration #ClonalIntegration | #EnvironmentalHeterogeneity | #ForagingResponse | #FragariaPentaphylla | #NutrientHeterogeneity | #ResourceSharing doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Tree diversity promotes crown complementarity and canopy packing through variation in architecture traits #Tree_treeInteractions | #CanopyDynamics | #EcosystemFunction | #FunctionalDiversity @idiv-research.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

#EnvironmentalFiltering contributed more to the #β-diversity of plants, bacterial and fungal communities than #DispersalLimitation. #Aridity emerged as a key driver of β-diversity for above- and belowground communities in semi-arid #Grasslands. #Distance-decayRelationship doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Soil CO2 not CH4 flux determines soil carbon emission response to #SeasonalPrecipitationVariation in a #BrackishWetland. #SeasonalPrecipitationDistribution | #SoilCO2Fluxes | #SoilSalinity | #FineRootBiomass @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

🌲In temperate forests, changes in the dominance gradient of #EctomycorrhizalTreeSpecies significantly affect both aboveground and underground forest properties. #EnzymaticActivity | #ForestCommunityStructure | #Mineralization @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

📍Abiotic and biotic factors jointly affect #AbovegroundBiomass in #SedgeWetlands of China, but biotic factors play a dominant role⚖️. #Biodiversity_ecosystemFunctioning | #SpeciesRichness | #ClimateZone | #EnvironmentalChange @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

#PhyllosphereMicrobiota showed a significant non-linear environmental gradient effect in #AlpineGrasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, which was mostly explained by climate factors, especially annual precipitation. #Biogeography | #MicrobialNetwork doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

By exploring the #WaterUseStrategies of five dominant tree species in #TropicalSecondaryForests during the wet season, Shuting Yu et al. found that the dominant tree species primarily utilized shallow soil water compared to deeper soil water. #StableIsotopes doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Carbon-Nitrogen Interplay Under #Drought Stress: Mechanisms of Dual Limitation and Mitigation Strategies in Plants #Photosynthesis | #NitrogenTransformation | #CarbonFixation | #Carbon_nitrogenDualLimitation @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

🔄 After grazing exclusion, #SoilOrganicCarbon (SOC) and #TotalNitrogen (TN) quickly recovered. Differences in SOC and TN storage were primarily driven by #Roottraits at the community-level. #Community-weightedMean | #EcologicalRestoration @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

‼️Long-term yak-grazing alters plant fine-root carbon : nitrogen : phosphorus #Stoichiometry in a Tibetan #AlpineMeadow #GrazingIntensity | #FineRoot | #Nutrient @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

🔥Low- and high-severity fires ➡️ Soil microbial diversity & co-occurrence networks Results: 1️⃣ Fire severity had no impact on microbial α-diversity, but altered β-diversity. 2️⃣ Low-severity fire restructured bacterial associations, whereas high-severity fire disrupted it. doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

💡In a year characterized by higher preseason thermal accumulation, #SpatialMatching between #StelleraChamaejasme and its major pollinators was significantly enhanced. #FloweringPhenology | #Inter-annualClimateVariability | #AltitudinalDistribution @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Compound droughts dominated the reduction of vegetation productivity in China from 1982 to 2018 #VaporPressureDeficit | #SoilMoisture | #AtmosphericDroughts | #PlantGrowth | #CarbonCycle @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Drought-induced reductions in #PlantResidueDecomposition across organs consistently differ between two tree species (gymnosperm and angiosperm) in #Drylands #DrylandEcosystems | #MoistureAvailability @umich.edu @yale.edu @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #NitrogenInput in wetlands: #C/NStoichiometric shifts and enhanced ecosystem productivity worldwide #MachineLearning | #PlantProductivity | #PlantStem | #WetlandEcosystem doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Short-term intercropping reduces total symbiotic N2 fixation and alters the fate of nitrogen derived from free-living fixation #InterspecificFacilitation | #GreenManure | #DiazotrophicCommunity | #RhizosphereMicrobiome @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【Perspective】 Human-accelerated Holocene vegetation change is greater than expected on the Tibetan Plateau. Peng-Chao Zhang et al. analyzed 61 records of #FilteredFossilPollenSequences from sediment cores across the #TibetanPlateau to assess changes in #FloristicDiversity. doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Nitrogen (N) and biochar interactions promote the stabilization of the #TemperatureSensitivity of #SoilRespiration (Rs) N and biochar jointly influenced Rs and Carbon cycling through chemical–microbial interaction networks. @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #CloudCover, #TreeSize, and #Species modulate the positive effects of #Aerosols on #TreeGrowth @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Feiyan Ren et al. explored coordinated variation in #LeafEconomics #LeafHydraulics and #LeafAnatomy of Quercus variabilis along an #EnvironmentalGradient. #FunctionalTraits | #IntraspecificTraitVariation | #TraitCoordination @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Fangyuan Shen et al. explored the effects of #MixedCultivation of Larix gmelinii and Juglans mandshurica on the adaptive strategies of #FineRoots and #Root_associatedFungi. #RootTraits | #MycorrhizalFungi @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #Rainfall and mycorrhizal association jointly influence #ConspecificNegativeDensityDependence in a tropical forest #MycorrhizalTypes | #SeedlingSurvival | #SpeciesCoexistence @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Mycorrhizal strategy mediates anthropogenic impacts on plant #RangeFilling in #China #Plant_microbeInteractions | #MycorrhizalAssociation | #PlantGeographicDistribution | #HumanActivity @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Microbes from local plants drive #MicrobialAssemble and promote plant growth of the invader #AgeratinaAdenophora #InvasivePlant | #LocalPlantCommunityResistance | #MicrobialInoculation | #PhylogeneticRelatedness @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Spaceborne #LiDAR reveals 3D structural differences between natural forests and tree plantations in China #RemoteSensing | #GEDI | #TreePlanting | #CanopyStructure | #ForestHeight @pku1898.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Physiological mechanism of #LeafNitrogenToPhosphorusRatio(N:P) as the nutrient limitation diagnostic tool: From the perspective of P fractions #LeafPhosphorusFractions | #PhosphorusUseStrategy | #NutritionalDiagnosis @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Woody plant functional traits of natural #KarstForests in the Maolan National Nature Reserve, southwestern China #MorphologicalTraits | #IntraspecificVariation | #InterspecificVariation | #KarstGeomorphology @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Effects of #Water_nitrogenInteraction on #ResourceUseEfficiency and #AdaptiveStrategies in the key growth period of #CarexSchmidtii #Peatlands @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

📢 The February issue is in progress ! 🔗 Volume 19, Issue 1, February 2026 🔎 academic.oup.com/jpe/issue/19/1

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Plant community exhibits stochastic assembly pattern at early stage of #VegetationRestoration in heavily degraded #AlpineMeadows on the #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau #CommunityAssembly | #GrasslandManagement | #PlantDiversity @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Exogenous Bacillus promotes enrichment of native microbes to assemble #SyntheticCommunity for plant growth promotion #MicrobialInoculant | #CommunitySimplification | #Multi_omics @ualberta.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Regulatory effects of #BiologicalSoilCrusts on #AbovegroundBiomass accumulation of ephemeral plants in Temperate Desert #ErodiumOxyrrhynchum | #LeafFunctionalTraits | #PhyllosphereMicroorganisms | #PlantLife_history @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 The leaf economics spectrum drives soil #Nitrification in subtropical forests #Ammonia_oxidizingArchaea | #LeafTraits | #ResourceUseStrategies | #TreeSpecies @manmetuni.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 #ForestStructure determines the structure and #FunctionalTraits of #Liana community during secondary succession in a temperate oak forest #CommunityStructure | #SoilProperties | #SecondaryForestSuccession @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Microbial #CarbonUseEfficiency governs the accumulation of microbial-derived carbon in restored #Mangroves #CarbonSequestration | #MicrobialLifeStrategist | #MicrobialNecromass @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Precipitation legacies reduce vegetation productivity and species diversity in semi-arid sandy grassland #PrecipitationPattern | #LegacyEffect | #EcologicalCarrier | #TransgenerationalMemory | #DominantFunctionalGroup @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Predicting the #SpatialDistribution of #VegetationAlliances with #EcologicalKnowledge under sample-limited conditions #ExpertEcologicalKnowledge | #GeographicSimilarity | #LimitedSamples @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【🎉Latest accepted article】 Individual and interactive effects of #NitrogenAddition and #Drought on carbon uptake and allocation in terrestrial plants #CarbonAllocation | #Non_structuralCarbohydrates @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【💡Editor's Choice】 Guillermo Uceda-Gómez et al. confirmed the predicted bee-to-fly transition with increasing elevation of Hypericum revolutum in the #MontaneGrasslands of Mount Cameroon. #Afrotropics | #Nectarivory | #Pollination @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【💡Editor's Choice】 Nara O Vogado et al. analyzed the reproductive phenology of Cardwellia sublimis in northeastern Australia and compared the patterns among five different sites. #Flowering | #Fruiting | #ClimateChange | #GlobalWarming @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【💡Editor's Choice】 Contrasting trait variations and trait correlation networks across #HeteromorphicLeaves of #PopulusEuphratica. #PhenotypicTraits | #TraitCoordination | #FunctionalTraitNetworks | #AdaptiveStrategies @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

【💡Editor's Choice】 #Plant_soilFeedback in European grasslands is phylogenetically independent but affected by plant species origin. #Co_evolution | #EnemyReleaseHypothesis | #GreenhouseExperiment | #MicrobialRespiration | #SoilMicroorganisms @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...