Spatial scale and intraspecific trait variability mediate assembly rules in alpine grasslands

Community-level plant palatability increases with elevation as insect herbivore abundance declines

(2016) Patrice Descombes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How phylogeny shapes the taxonomic and functional structure of plant–insect networks

(2016) Sébastien Ibanez et al.   OECOLOGIA

Modelling snow cover duration improves predictions of functional and taxonomic diversity for alpine plant communities

(2015) Bradley Z. Carlson et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Effects of species' similarity and dominance on the functional and phylogenetic structure of a plant meta-community

(2015) L. Chalmandrier et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2015) Geneviève Lajoie et al.   ECOLOGY

From species distributions to meta-communities

(2015) Wilfried Thuiller et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Facilitation promotes changes in leaf economics traits of a perennial forb

(2015) Ana I. García-Cervigón et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

Vegetation ecology meets ecosystem science: Permanent grasslands as a functional biogeography case study

(2015) Cyrille Violle et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

What Are Species Pools and When Are They Important?

(2014) Howard V. Cornell et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Using functional diversity patterns to explore metacommunity dynamics: a framework for understanding local and regional influences on community structure

(2014) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Does probability of occurrence relate to population dynamics?

(2014) Wilfried Thuiller et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Herbivore effect traits and their impact on plant community biomass: an experimental test using grasshoppers

(2014) Hélène Deraison et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

Community Functional Responses to Soil and Climate at Multiple Spatial Scales: When Does Intraspecific Variation Matter?

(2014) Andrew Siefert et al.   PLoS One

The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: what have we learned in 20 years?

(2013) Jérôme Chave   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional and phylogenetic assembly in a Chinese tropical tree community across size classes, spatial scales and habitats

(2013) Jie Yang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Emilie Kichenin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Scale decisions can reverse conclusions on community assembly processes

(2013) Tamara Münkemüller et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France

(2013) Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Nicolas Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A family of null models to distinguish between environmental filtering and biotic interactions in functional diversity patterns

(2013) L. Chalmandrier et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Intra-specific and inter-specific variation in specific leaf area reveal the importance of abiotic and biotic drivers of species diversity across elevation and latitude

(2013) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Are trait-based species rankings consistent across data sets and spatial scales?

(2013) Elena Kazakou et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Facilitation as a ubiquitous driver of biodiversity

(2013) Eliot J. B. McIntire et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory

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

Hierarchical effects of environmental filters on the functional structure of plant communities: a case study in the French Alps

(2012) Francesco de Bello et al.   ECOGRAPHY

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

(2012) Francesco de Bello et al.   ECOLOGY

Inferring community assembly mechanisms from functional diversity patterns: the importance of multiple assembly processes

(2012) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrogen isotopes link mycorrhizal fungi and plants to nitrogen dynamics

(2012) Erik A. Hobbie et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Incorporating intraspecific variation in tests of trait-based community assembly

(2012) Andrew Siefert   OECOLOGIA

The influence of fire on phylogenetic and functional structure of woody savannas: Moving from species to individuals

(2012) Marcus V. Cianciaruso et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Hot Spots of Inorganic Nitrogen Availability in an Alpine-Subalpine Ecosystem, Colorado Front Range

(2011) Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

On the importance of intraspecific variability for the quantification of functional diversity

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   OIKOS

When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology?

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Advances, challenges and a developing synthesis of ecological community assembly theory

(2011) E. Weiher et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Differential effects of plant diversity on functional trait variation of grass species

(2010) Marlén Gubsch et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest

(2010) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2010) Isabel W. Ashton et al.   ECOLOGY

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A multi-trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra- vs. interspecific variability in plant traits

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung 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

Competition, traits and resource depletion in plant communities

(2009) Cyrille Violle et al.   OECOLOGIA

Reanalysis of 44 Yr of Climate in the French Alps (1958–2002): Methodology, Model Validation, Climatology, and Trends for Air Temperature and Precipitation

(2008) Yves Durand et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Testing the spatial phylogenetic structure of local communities: statistical performances of different null models and test statistics on a locally neutral community

(2008) Olivier J. Hardy   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Emerging patterns in the comparative analysis of phylogenetic community structure

(2008) S. M. VAMOSI et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY