Stem diameter growth rates in a fire-prone savanna correlate with photosynthetic rate and branch-scale biomass allocation, but not specific leaf area

Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

(2016) Marco D. Visser et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta-analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted

(2016) Anaïs Gibert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bark thickness across the angiosperms: more than just fire

(2016) Julieta A. Rosell   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Net Assimilation Rate Determines the Growth Rates of 14 Species of Subtropical Forest Trees

(2016) Xuefei Li et al.   PLoS One

Ontogenetic shifts in trait-mediated mechanisms of plant community assembly

(2015) Jesse R. Lasky et al.   ECOLOGY

Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

(2015) C. E. Timothy Paine et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bark thickness and fire regime

(2014) Juli G. Pausas   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Linking functional traits and demographic rates in a subtropical tree community: the importance of size dependency

(2014) Yoshiko Iida et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional traits explain light and size response of growth rates in tropical tree species

(2012) Nadja Rüger et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional traits shape ontogenetic growth trajectories of rain forest tree species

(2011) Bruno Hérault et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Partitioning the Components of Relative Growth Rate: How Important Is Plant Size Variation?

(2010) Mark Rees et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Timber yield projections for tropical tree species: The influence of fast juvenile growth on timber volume recovery

(2010) Danaë M.A. Rozendaal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Interspecific variation in functional traits, not climatic differences among species ranges, determines demographic rates across 44 temperate and Mediterranean tree species

(2010) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Experimental evidence that fire causes a tree recruitment bottleneck in an Australian tropical savanna

(2010) Lynda D. Prior et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary

(2009) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto 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

Frequent fires reduce tree growth in northern Australian savannas: implications for tree demography and carbon sequestration

(2009) BRETT P. MURPHY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth properties of 16 non-pioneer rain forest tree species differing in sapling architecture

(2009) Masahiro Aiba et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Resource-use-related traits correlate with population turnover rates, but not stem diameter growth rates, in 29 subtropical montane tree species

(2009) Tomás A. Easdale et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

The relationship between stem and branch wood specific gravity and the ability of each measure to predict leaf area

(2008) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

(2008) William J. Bond   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

(2008) L. Poorter et al.   ECOLOGY

Conifers, Angiosperm Trees, and Lianas: Growth, Whole-Plant Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Stable Isotope Composition ( 13C and  18O) of Seedlings Grown in a Tropical Environment

(2008) L. A. Cernusak et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY