Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition

A new perspective on trait differences between native and invasive exotic plants: reply

(2015) A. Joshua Leffler et al.   ECOLOGY

A new perspective on trait differences between native and invasive exotic plants: comment

(2015) Wayne Dawson et al.   ECOLOGY

Does the biogeographic origin of species matter? Ecological effects of native and non-native species and the use of origin to guide management

(2015) Yvonne M. Buckley et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

More of the same? In situ leaf and root decomposition rates do not vary between 80 native and nonnative deciduous forest species

(2015) Insu Jo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Invasive plant species and litter decomposition: time to challenge assumptions

(2015) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functional dissimilarity across trophic levels as a driver of soil processes in a Mediterranean decomposer system exposed to two moisture levels

(2015) Mathieu Coulis et al.   OIKOS

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Disentangling community functional components in a litter-macrodetritivore model system reveals the predominance of the mass ratio hypothesis

(2014) Karolína Bílá et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The importance of native and exotic plant identity and dominance on decomposition patterns in mountain woodlands of central Argentina

(2013) Carolina Furey et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

What explains variation in the impacts of exotic plant invasions on the nitrogen cycle? A meta-analysis

(2013) P. Castro-Díez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

An experimental framework to identify community functional components driving ecosystem processes and services delivery

(2013) André T. C. Dias et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Leaf litter quality drives litter mixing effects through complementary resource use among detritivores

(2013) Veronique C. A. Vos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Non-Additive Effects on Decomposition from Mixing Litter of the Invasive Mikania micrantha H.B.K. with Native Plants

(2013) Bao-Ming Chen et al.   PLoS One

Using the biomass-ratio and idiosyncratic hypotheses to predict mixed-species litter decomposition

(2012) Antoine Tardif et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A functional trait perspective on plant invasion

(2012) Rebecca E. Drenovsky et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The impact of the invasive shrubLonicera maackiion the decomposition dynamics of a native plant community

(2012) Megan M. Poulette et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multiple mechanisms for trait effects on litter decomposition: moving beyond home-field advantage with a new hypothesis

(2012) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do physical plant litter traits explain non-additivity in litter mixtures? A test of the improved microenvironmental conditions theory

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   OIKOS

Using Plant Functional Traits to Explain Diversity–Productivity Relationships

(2012) Christiane Roscher et al.   PLoS One

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity

(2011) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

CWM and Rao’s quadratic diversity: a unified framework for functional ecology

(2011) Carlo Ricotta et al.   OECOLOGIA

Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

(2011) David Mouillot et al.   PLoS One

Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Species Gains and Losses

(2011) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A user's guide to functional diversity indices

(2010) D. Schleuter et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Incubation time, functional litter diversity, and habitat characteristics predict litter-mixing effects on decomposition

(2010) Antoine Lecerf et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’

(2010) Robin J. Pakeman et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

(2009) Gary W. Luck et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

(2009) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant traits, leaf palatability and litter decomposability for co-occurring woody species differing in invasion status and nitrogen fixation ability

(2009) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Punching above their weight: low-biomass non-native plant species alter soil properties during primary succession

(2009) Duane A. Peltzer et al.   OIKOS

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL

Invasive trees show only weak potential to impact nutrient dynamics in phosphorus-poor tropical forests in the Seychelles

(2008) C. Kueffer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Functional identity is more important than diversity in influencing ecosystem processes in a temperate native grassland

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Links between plant litter chemistry, species diversity, and below-ground ecosystem function

(2008) C. L. Meier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Altered ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles by plant invasion: a meta-analysis

(2007) Chengzhang Liao et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST