Ecological and evolutionary lability of plant traits affecting carbon and nutrient cycling

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf traits within communities: Context may affect the mapping of traits to function

(2013) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   ECOLOGY

Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time

(2013) Weile Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Plant functional effects on ecosystem services

(2013) Sandra Lavorel   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do plant traits retrieved from a database accurately predict on-site measurements?

(2013) Verena Cordlandwehr et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ontogeny strongly and differentially alters leaf economic and other key traits in three diverse Helianthus species

(2013) Chase M. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

High Genetic Diversity and Low Population Structure in Porter's Sunflower (Helianthus porteri)

(2013) S. D. Gevaert et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Side-effects of plant domestication: ecosystem impacts of changes in litter quality

(2013) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A broader perspective on plant domestication and nutrient and carbon cycling

(2013) William K. Cornwell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Growth Responses, Metal Accumulation and Phytoremoval Capability in Amaranthus Plants Exposed to Nickel Under Hydroponics

(2013) Valentina Iori et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Association Mapping and the Genomic Consequences of Selection in Sunflower

(2013) Jennifer R. Mandel et al.   PLoS Genetics

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A common genetic basis to the origin of the leaf economics spectrum and metabolic scaling allometry

(2012) François Vasseur et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional trait divergence of juveniles and adults of nineIngaspecies with contrasting soil preference in a tropical rain forest

(2012) Danielle T. Palow et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within local species pools across varying environmental conditions?

(2012) Justin P. Wright et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Photosynthetic and growth responses of Populus clones Eridano and I-214 submitted to elevated Zn concentrations

(2012) Jordi Fernàndez et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION

Prediction of in situ root decomposition rates in an interspecific context from chemical and morphological traits

(2011) Maurice Aulen et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves?

(2011) Marine Birouste et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

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

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Going beyond limitations of plant functional types when predicting global ecosystem-atmosphere fluxes: exploring the merits of traits-based approaches

(2011) P. M. Van Bodegom et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Relative Growth Rate and Functional Traits of a Hybrid Species Reflect Adaptation to a Low-Fertility Habitat

(2011) Larry C. Brouillette et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Genetic diversity and population structure in cultivated sunflower and a comparison to its wild progenitor, Helianthus annuus L

(2011) J. R. Mandel et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity

(2011) Sean M. McMahon et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The evolution of the worldwide leaf economics spectrum

(2011) Lisa A. Donovan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A multi-trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra- vs. interspecific variability in plant traits

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Simultaneous Hyperaccumulation of Multiple Heavy Metals byHelianthus AnnuusGrown in a Contaminated Sandy-Loam Soil

(2010) Teresa Cutright et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION

Influence of four major plant traits on average height, leaf-area cover, net primary productivity, and biomass density in single-species forests: a theoretical investigation

(2010) Daniel S. Falster et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Are hybrid species more fit than ancestral parent species in the current hybrid species habitats?

(2010) L. A. DONOVAN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems

(2010) Guofang Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits?

(2010) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Correlated Evolution of Leaf Shape and Physiology in the Woody Sonchus Alliance (Asteraceae: Sonchinae) in Macaronesia

(2009) Louis S. Santiago et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

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

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

The seven deadly sins of comparative analysis

(2009) R. P. FRECKLETON   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phenotypic selection on leaf ecophysiological traits inHelianthus

(2009) L. A. Donovan et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Patterns in root trait variation among 25 co-existing North American forest species

(2009) L. H. Comas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

(2009) Sarah E. Hobbie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

(2008) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY