The reciprocal relationship between competition and intraspecific trait variation

A new modeling approach estimates the relative importance of different community assembly processes

(2015) Fons van der Plas et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2015) Geneviève Lajoie et al.   ECOLOGY

Root functional trait syndromes and plasticity drive the ability of grassland Fabaceae to tolerate water and phosphorus shortage

(2015) Florian Fort et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction

(2015) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The contribution of phenotypic plasticity to complementary light capture in plant mixtures

(2015) Junqi Zhu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant functional traits and the multidimensional nature of species coexistence

(2015) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes

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

Disentangling root system responses to neighbours: identification of novel root behavioural strategies

(2015) Pamela R. Belter et al.   AoB Plants

MCMC Methods for Multi-Response Generalized Linear Mixed Models: TheMCMCglmmRPackage

(2015) Jarrod D. Hadfield   Journal of Statistical Software

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

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

Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects

(2014) Debra Zuppinger-Dingley et al.   NATURE

Plant root exudates mediate neighbour recognition and trigger complex behavioural changes

(2014) Marina Semchenko et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Are plant-soil feedback responses explained by plant traits?

(2014) Catherine Baxendale et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functional trait differences and the outcome of community assembly: an experimental test with vernal pool annual plants

(2014) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   OIKOS

Does experience with competition matter? Effects of source competitive environment on mean and plastic trait expression in Erodium cicutarium

(2014) Tina Heger et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Hierarchy of root functional trait values and plasticity drive early-stage competition for water and phosphorus among grasses

(2013) Florian Fort et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Species richness of limestone grasslands increases with trait overlap: evidence from within- and between-species functional diversity partitioning

(2013) Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours

(2013) Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Community assembly by limiting similarity vs. competitive hierarchies: testing the consequences of dispersion of individual traits

(2013) Tomáš Herben et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

Trait convergence and plasticity among native and invasive species in resource-poor environments

(2012) Rebecca E. Drenovsky et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Morphological response to competition for light in the clonal Trifolium repens (Fabaceae)

(2012) Anne-Kristel Bittebiere et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory

(2012) J. HilleRisLambers et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Effects of competition on phylogenetic signal and phenotypic plasticity in plant functional traits

(2012) Jean H. Burns et al.   ECOLOGY

The organization of plant communities: negative plant–soil feedbacks and semiarid grasslands

(2012) Kurt O. Reinhart   ECOLOGY

Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly

(2012) Francesco de Bello et al.   ECOLOGY

Competitive interactions between forest trees are driven by species' trait hierarchy, not phylogenetic or functional similarity: implications for forest community assembly

(2012) Georges Kunstler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Assessing the role of competition and stress: a critique of importance indices and the development of a new approach

(2012) Mark Rees 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

Fitness consequences of plants growing with siblings: reconciling kin selection, niche partitioning and competitive ability

(2011) A. L. File et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Niche complementarity due to plasticity in resource use: plant partitioning of chemical N forms

(2010) Isabel W. Ashton et al.   ECOLOGY

Trait plasticity in species interactions: a driving force of community dynamics

(2010) Matty P. Berg et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linking individual response to biotic interactions with community structure: a trait-based framework

(2009) Nicolas Gross et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Picking battles wisely: plant behaviour under competition

(2009) ARIEL NOVOPLANSKY   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY