Traits, strategies, and niches of liana species in a tropical seasonal rainforest

A comprehensive synthesis of liana removal experiments in tropical forests

(2018) Sergio Estrada-Villegas et al.   BIOTROPICA

Can traits predict individual growth performance? A test in a hyperdiverse tropical forest

(2018) Lourens Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf traits explaining the growth of tree species planted in a Central Amazonian disturbed area

(2018) Zilza Thayane Matos Guimarães et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Embolism resistance drives the distribution of Amazonian rainforest tree species along hydro-topographic gradients

(2018) Rafael S. Oliveira et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functional traits of tropical trees and lianas explain spatial structure across multiple scales

(2017) Adam Thomas Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The importance of hydraulic architecture to the distribution patterns of trees in a central Amazonian forest

(2017) Luiza H. M. Cosme et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

(2017) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A dynamic leaf gas-exchange strategy is conserved in woody plants under changing ambient CO2 : evidence from carbon isotope discrimination in paleo and CO2 enrichment studies

(2016) Steven L. Voelker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Lianas always outperform tree seedlings regardless of soil nutrients: results from a long-term fertilization experiment

(2015) Sarah C. Pasquini et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf economics and hydraulic traits are decoupled in five species-rich tropical-subtropical forests

(2015) Le Li et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Sapling performance along resource gradients drives tree species distributions within and across tropical forests

(2014) F. Sterck et al.   ECOLOGY

Topography related habitat associations of tree species traits, composition and diversity in a Chinese tropical forest

(2014) Jiajia Liu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Stomatal Size, Speed, and Responsiveness Impact on Photosynthesis and Water Use Efficiency

(2014) T. Lawson et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees

(2013) R. Condit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Leaf, stem and root tissue strategies across 758 Neotropical tree species

(2012) Claire Fortunel et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

How cellulose-based leaf toughness and lamina density contribute to long leaf lifespans of shade-tolerant species

(2012) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is leaf dry matter content a better predictor of soil fertility than specific leaf area?

(2011) J. G. Hodgson et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant Functional Traits and the Distribution of West African Rain Forest Trees along the Rainfall Gradient

(2011) Surya K. Maharjan et al.   BIOTROPICA

Dominant species and dispersal limitation regulate tree species distributions in a 20-ha plot in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

(2011) Yue-Hua Hu et al.   OIKOS

Functional traits determine trade-offs and niches in a tropical forest community

(2011) F. Sterck et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions

(2010) Peter M. Vitousek et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rain forest trees

(2010) Christopher Baraloto et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

PERSPECTIVE: Rethinking the value of high wood density

(2010) Markku Larjavaara et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A link between plant traits and abundance: evidence from coastal California woody plants

(2010) William K. Cornwell et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

(2010) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Second Dimension to the Leaf Economics Spectrum Predicts Edaphic Habitat Association in a Tropical Forest

(2010) Jennifer L. Baltzer et al.   PLoS One

Stem growth habit affects leaf morphology and gas exchange traits in soybean

(2009) Yu Tanaka et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Spatial dispersion patterns of trees in a tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

(2009) Guoyu Lan et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

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

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

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

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

Supplemental protocol for liana censuses

(2007) Stefan A. Schnitzer et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

K+ starvation inhibits water-stress-induced stomatal closure

(2007) María Benlloch-González et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY