Trait–environment interactions affect plant establishment success during restoration

Seedling traits predict drought-induced mortality linked to diversity loss

(2019) Susan Harrison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Survival rates indicate that correlations between community-weighted mean traits and environments can be unreliable estimates of the adaptive value of traits

(2018) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology

(2018) Arne Saatkamp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Links between community ecology theory and ecological restoration are on the rise

(2017) Claire E. Wainwright et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science

(2017) Lars A. Brudvig et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits and environmental conditions shape community assembly and ecosystem functioning during restoration

(2017) Chad R. Zirbel et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

(2016) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The contribution of germination functional traits to population dynamics of a desert plant community

(2016) Zhenying Huang et al.   ECOLOGY

Seed germination traits can contribute better to plant community ecology

(2016) Borja Jiménez-Alfaro et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Seedling root responses to soil moisture and the identification of a belowground trait spectrum across three growth forms

(2016) Julie E. Larson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Long-term Protection from Heavy Livestock Grazing Affects Ponderosa Pine Understory Composition and Functional Traits

(2015) Robert T. Strahan et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Dispersal and establishment filters influence the assembly of restored prairie plant communities

(2015) Emily Grman et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes

(2015) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Seed and seedling traits affecting critical life stage transitions and recruitment outcomes in dryland grasses

(2014) Julie E. Larson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Intraspecific Trait Variation Driven by Plasticity and Ontogeny in Hypochaeris radicata

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

Seedling–herbivore interactions: insights into plant defence and regeneration patterns

(2013) Kasey E. Barton et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Genotype-by-Environment Interaction and Plasticity: Exploring Genomic Responses of Plants to the Abiotic Environment

(2013) David L. Des Marais et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Functional traits explain phytoplankton responses to environmental gradients across lakes of the United States

(2013) Kyle F. Edwards et al.   ECOLOGY

Predicting invertebrate herbivory from plant traits: evidence from 51 grassland species in experimental monocultures

(2012) Jessy Loranger et al.   ECOLOGY

Shade tolerance: when growing tall is not an option

(2012) Charlotte M.M. Gommers et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The restoration of biodiversity: Where has research been and where does it need to go?

(2010) L. A. Brudvig   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Seed arrival and ecological filters interact to assemble high-diversity plant communities

(2010) Jonathan A. Myers et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant survival in relation to seed size along environmental gradients: a long-term study from semi-arid and Mediterranean annual plant communities

(2010) Johannes Metz et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance

(2009) Lars Markesteijn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional tradeoffs determine species coexistence via the storage effect

(2009) Amy L. Angert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton

(2008) Elena Litchman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics