Grass abundance shapes trait distributions of forbs in an experimental grassland

Grazing increases functional richness but not functional divergence in Tibetan alpine meadow plant communities

(2015) Kechang Niu et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Plasticity of functional traits of forb species in response to biodiversity

(2015) Annett Lipowsky et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Contrasting Effects of Intraspecific Trait Variation on Trait-Based Niches and Performance of Legumes in Plant Mixtures

(2015) Christiane Roscher et al.   PLoS One

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

The effects of grazing on foliar trait diversity and niche differentiation in Tibetan alpine meadows

(2015) Kechang Niu et al.   Ecosphere

Phylogenetic relatedness and the determinants of competitive outcomes

(2014) Oscar Godoy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Communities: are they groups of hidden interactions?

(2014) Richard Michalet et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects

(2014) Debra Zuppinger-Dingley et al.   NATURE

Phenotypic differentiation within a foundation grass species correlates with species richness in a subalpine community

(2014) Patrick Al Hayek et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient

(2014) C. Lamanna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increased competition does not lead to increased phylogenetic overdispersion in a native grassland

(2013) Jonathan A. Bennett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Trait-based tests of coexistence mechanisms

(2013) Peter B. Adler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Allocating CSR plant functional types: the use of leaf economics and size traits to classify woody and herbaceous vascular plants

(2013) Simon Pierce et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Quantifying and comparing intraspecific functional trait variability: a case study withHypochaeris radicata

(2013) Rachel M. Mitchell 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

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

(2013) Nicolas Gross et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Jean H. Burns et al.   ECOLOGY

A predictive model of community assembly that incorporates intraspecific trait variation

(2012) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Foundation species influence trait-based community assembly

(2012) Christian Schöb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Incorporating intraspecific variation in tests of trait-based community assembly

(2012) Andrew Siefert   OECOLOGIA

Can limiting similarity increase invasion resistance? A meta-analysis of experimental studies

(2012) Jodi N. Price et al.   OIKOS

Intraspecific trait variants determine the nature of interspecific interactions in a habitat-forming species

(2011) Jonathan N. Pruitt et al.   ECOLOGY

Global to community scale differences in the prevalence of convergent over divergent leaf trait distributions in plant assemblages

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Functional structure of an arid steppe plant community reveals similarities with Grime's C-S-R theory

(2011) Cédric Frenette-Dussault et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Within- and among-species variation in specific leaf area drive community assembly in a tropical cloud forest

(2011) Wenxing Long et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2010) Marlén Gubsch et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A user's guide to functional diversity indices

(2010) D. Schleuter et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Plant geography upon the basis of functional traits: an example from eastern North American trees

(2010) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Julie Messier 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

Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services

(2010) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF 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

Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity

(2010) Christiane Roscher et al.   OECOLOGIA

Individuals and the Variation Needed for High Species Diversity in Forest Trees

(2010) J. S. Clark   SCIENCE

Quantifying the relevance of intraspecific trait variability for functional diversity

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Including intraspecific variability in functional diversity

(2009) M. V. Cianciaruso et al.   ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variability in leaf traits strongly affects alder leaf decomposition in a stream

(2008) Antoine Lecerf et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS