Plant functional effects on ecosystem services

An experimental framework to identify community functional components driving ecosystem processes and services delivery

(2013) André T. C. Dias et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Using functional traits to quantify the value of plant communities to invertebrate ecosystem service providers in arable landscapes

(2013) Jonathan Storkey et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France

(2013) Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

(2013) William J. Sutherland et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Single-trait functional indices outperform multi-trait indices in linking environmental gradients and ecosystem services in a complex landscape

(2013) Bradley J. Butterfield et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services

(2013) Karl Grigulis et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant functional diversity and carbon storage - an empirical test in semi-arid forest ecosystems

(2013) Georgina Conti et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant trait responses to the environment and effects on ecosystem properties

(2012) Patrick Lienin et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species

(2012) Claire Fortunel et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Improving the application of vertebrate trait-based frameworks to the study of ecosystem services

(2012) Gary W. Luck et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Cascading effects of long-term land-use changes on plant traits and ecosystem functioning

(2011) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A quantitative review of ecosystem service studies: approaches, shortcomings and the road ahead

(2011) Ralf Seppelt et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity

(2011) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Testing the effect-response framework: key response and effect traits determining above-ground biomass of salt marshes

(2011) Vanessa Minden et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

(2011) David Mouillot et al.   PLoS One

The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Science-Policy Interface

(2011) C. Perrings et al.   SCIENCE

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

(2011) Georgina M. Mace et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Trends in Ecosystem Service Research: Early Steps and Current Drivers

(2010) Petteri Vihervaara et al.   AMBIO

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services

(2010) Felix Eigenbrod et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services

(2010) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

(2009) Gary W. Luck et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Understanding relationships among multiple ecosystem services

(2009) Elena M. Bennett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecosystem services in decision making: time to deliver

(2009) Gretchen C Daily et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Differential effects of functional traits on aboveground biomass in semi-natural grasslands

(2009) Jens Schumacher et al.   OIKOS

Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research

(2009) Julia Reiss et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional identity is more important than diversity in influencing ecosystem processes in a temperate native grassland

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of Predator Hunting Mode on Grassland Ecosystem Function

(2008) Oswald J. Schmitz   SCIENCE