Trait-Based Community Assembly along an Elevational Gradient in Subalpine Forests: Quantifying the Roles of Environmental Factors in Inter- and Intraspecific Variability

Understanding context dependence in the contribution of intraspecific variation to community trait–environment matching

(2015) Geneviève Lajoie et al.   ECOLOGY

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phylogenetic patterns are not proxies of community assembly mechanisms (they are far better)

(2015) Pille Gerhold et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Soil fertility induces coordinated responses of multiple independent functional traits

(2015) Melissa M. Jager et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant Trait Variation along an Altitudinal Gradient in Mediterranean High Mountain Grasslands: Controlling the Species Turnover Effect

(2015) David S. Pescador et al.   PLoS One

Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Radial changes in wood specific gravity of tropical trees: inter- and intraspecific variation during secondary succession

(2014) Benjamin T. Plourde et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

More for less: sampling strategies of plant functional traits across local environmental gradients

(2014) Carlos P. Carmona et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor

(2014) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Between- and within-species trait variability and the assembly of sapling communities in forest patches

(2014) Marcos B. Carlucci et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Plant assemblages do not respond homogenously to local variation in environmental conditions: functional responses differ with species identity and abundance

(2014) Bright B. Kumordzi et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Community Functional Responses to Soil and Climate at Multiple Spatial Scales: When Does Intraspecific Variation Matter?

(2014) Andrew Siefert et al.   PLoS One

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Trait-based tests of coexistence mechanisms

(2013) Peter B. Adler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Intra-Specific Leaf Trait Variation: Management and Fertility Matter More than the Climate at Continental Scales

(2013) Robin J. Pakeman   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species

(2013) Quentin D. Read et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient

(2013) Emilie Kichenin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific trait variability mediates the response of subalpine grassland communities to extreme drought events

(2013) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Uncovering multiscale effects of aridity and biotic interactions on the functional structure of Mediterranean shrublands

(2013) Nicolas Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intra-specific and inter-specific variation in specific leaf area reveal the importance of abiotic and biotic drivers of species diversity across elevation and latitude

(2013) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Trait variability differs between leaf and wood tissues across ecological scales in subtropical forests

(2013) Meng Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Using functional traits and phylogenetic trees to examine the assembly of tropical tree communities

(2012) Christopher Baraloto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long-term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity

(2012) Norman W. H. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Trait assembly of woody plants in communities across sub-alpine gradients: Identifying the role of limiting similarity

(2012) Bangguo Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Inter-specific and intra-specific trait variation along short environmental gradients in an old-growth temperate forest

(2012) Sébastien Auger et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Incorporating intraspecific variation in tests of trait-based community assembly

(2012) Andrew Siefert   OECOLOGIA

The role of fire in structuring trait variability in Neotropical savannas

(2012) Vinícius de L. Dantas et al.   OECOLOGIA

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Holocene vegetation and climate history at Haligu on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yunnan, SW China

(2011) Xiao-Yan Song et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

(2011) Jan Lepš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology?

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology

(2011) Daniel I. Bolnick et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest

(2010) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait-based ecology

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology

(2010) Colleen T. Webb et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Deterministic tropical tree community turnover: evidence from patterns of functional beta diversity along an elevational gradient

(2010) N. G. Swenson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Global patterns in plant height

(2009) Angela T. Moles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Discriminating trait-convergence and trait-divergence assembly patterns in ecological community gradients

(2009) Valério D. Pillar et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Scale effects and human impact on the elevational species richness gradients

(2008) D. Nogués-Bravo et al.   NATURE

Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest

(2008) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE

Why are evergreen leaves so contrary about shade?

(2008) C LUSK et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION