Contrasting patterns in leaf traits of Mediterranean shrub communities along an elevation gradient: measurements matter

Plant–environment interactions through a functional traits perspective: a review of Italian studies

(2019) Stefano Chelli et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy

(2018) F. Bartolucci et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Contrasting patterns of leaf trait variation among and within species during tropical dry forest succession in Costa Rica

(2018) Géraldine Derroire et al.   Scientific Reports

Inter- and intra-specific trait shifts among sites differing in drought conditions at the north western edge of the Mediterranean Region

(2018) Eric Garnier et al.   FLORA

Which results of the standard test for community-weighted mean approach are too optimistic?

(2018) David Zelený   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Effects of extreme drought on specific leaf area of grassland species: A meta-analysis of experimental studies in temperate and sub-Mediterranean systems

(2017) Camilla Wellstein et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Testing the environmental filtering concept in global drylands

(2017) Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Global climatic drivers of leaf size

(2017) Ian J. Wright et al.   SCIENCE

Sampling intraspecific variability in leaf functional traits: Practical suggestions to maximize collected information

(2017) Francesco Petruzzellis et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Leaf-trait plasticity and species vulnerability to climate change in a Mongolian steppe

(2015) Pierre Liancourt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Traits of neighbouring plants and space limitation determine intraspecific trait variability in semi-arid shrublands

(2015) Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Context-dependent assembly rules and the role of dominating grasses in semi-natural abandoned sub-Mediterranean grasslands

(2014) Camilla Wellstein et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Hotspots within hotspots: Endemic plant richness, environmental drivers, and implications for conservation

(2014) Eva M. Cañadas et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bioclimate map of Sardinia (Italy)

(2014) Simona Canu et al.   Journal of Maps

Intraspecific Trait Variation Driven by Plasticity and Ontogeny in Hypochaeris radicata

(2014) Rachel M. Mitchell et al.   PLoS One

Using endemic-plant distribution, geology and geomorphology in biogeography: the case of Sardinia (Mediterranean Basin)

(2014) Giuseppe Fenu et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grasslands habitats

(2013) Camilla Wellstein et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

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

(2013) Emilie Kichenin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Nicolas Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

(2012) A. G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2011) Jan Lepš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Mapping shrubland biomass along Mediterranean climatic gradients: The synergy of rainfall-based and NDVI-based models

(2011) Maxim Shoshany et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Regional climate change projections and hydrological impact analysis for a Mediterranean basin in Southern Italy

(2011) Alfonso Senatore et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Ecological strategies in California chaparral: interacting effects of soils, climate, and fire on specific leaf area

(2011) Brian Anacker et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

The power of potential natural vegetation (and of spatial-temporal scale): a response to Carrión & Fernández (2009)

(2010) Emmanuele Farris et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Combination of Levene-type tests and a finite-intersection method for testing equality of variances against ordered alternatives

(2010) Kimihiro Noguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS

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

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

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity of Pseudoroegneria spicata: response of stomatal density, leaf area and biomass to changes in water supply and increased temperature

(2008) Lauchlan H. Fraser et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Environmental and developmental controls on specific leaf area are little modified by leaf allometry

(2008) R. Milla et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

Phylogenetic Analysis Informed by Geological History Supports Multiple, Sequential Invasions of the Mediterranean Basin by the Angiosperm Family Araceae

(2008) Guilhem Mansion et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY