Are functional traits and litter decomposability coordinated across leaves, twigs and wood? A test using temperate rainforest tree species

Do assembly history effects attenuate from species to ecosystem properties? A field test with wood-inhabiting fungi

(2011) Ian A. Dickie et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

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

Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

(2011) Robert J. Holdaway et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Within- and Across-Species Responses of Plant Traits and Litter Decomposition to Elevation across Contrasting Vegetation Types in Subarctic Tundra

(2011) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   PLoS One

Size-Specific Tree Mortality Varies with Neighbourhood Crowding and Disturbance in a Montane Nothofagus Forest

(2011) Jennifer M. Hurst et al.   PLoS One

Persisting soil drought reduces leaf specific conductivity in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens)

(2011) F. J. Sterck et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The trait contribution to wood decomposition rates of 15 Neotropical tree species

(2010) Koert G. van Geffen et al.   ECOLOGY

Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rain forest trees

(2010) Christopher Baraloto et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities

(2010) Tadashi Fukami et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant traits, leaf palatability and litter decomposability for co-occurring woody species differing in invasion status and nitrogen fixation ability

(2009) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Interspecific relationships among growth, mortality and xylem traits of woody species from New Zealand

(2009) Sabrina E. Russo et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

(2009) WILLIAM K. CORNWELL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of biological invasions on forest carbon sequestration

(2009) D. A. PELTZER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

The importance of wood traits and hydraulic conductance for the performance and life history strategies of 42 rainforest tree species

(2009) Lourens Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among tree species?

(2008) James T. Weedon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Among- and within-species variation in plant litter decomposition in contrasting long-term chronosequences

(2008) David A. Wardle et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Coordination between leaf and stem traits related to leaf carbon gain and hydraulics across 32 drought-tolerant angiosperms

(2008) Atsushi Ishida et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Global Stoichiometry of Litter Nitrogen Mineralization

(2008) S. Manzoni et al.   SCIENCE