Community Level Variation in Plant Leaf Traits along an Elevation Gradient in the Semi-Arid Mountains of Northwest China

Is intraspecific variability an advantage in mountain invasions? Comparing functional trait variation in an invasive and a native woody species along multiple environmental gradients

(2022) María Cecilia Ferrero et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Structural and functional responses in widespread distribution of some dominant grasses along climatic elevation gradients

(2022) Sana Fatima et al.   FLORA

Leaf functional traits predict shade tolerant tree performance in cloud forest restoration plantings

(2022) Tarin Toledo‐Aceves et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Relationships between above‐ground plant traits and carbon cycling in tundra plant communities

(2022) Konsta Happonen et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate and Species Traits Drive Changes in Holocene Forest Composition Along an Elevation Gradient in Pacific Canada

(2022) Terri Lacourse et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Recent changes in high-mountain plant community functional composition in contrasting climate regimes

(2022) K. Steinbauer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Leaf anatomical trends in a temperate evergreen dwarf shrub, Rhododendron myrtifolium (Ericaceae) along elevational and exposure gradients in the northeastern Carpathian Mountains

(2021) Yevhen Sosnovsky et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Soil chemistry drives below ground traits in an alternate successional pathway from forest to heath

(2021) Philippe St. Martin et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Role of Inter- and Intraspecific Variations in Grassland Plant Functional Traits along an Elevational Gradient in a Mediterranean Mountain Area

(2021) Letizia Di Biase et al.   Plants-Basel

A Trait-Based Approach for Understanding Changes in Carbon Sequestration in Semi-Arid Grassland During Succession

(2021) Mengyu Wang et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Plant reproductive traits in old and recently-restored temperate forest understories

(2021) Cristina Blandino et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Importance and benefit of incorporating the responses of species mean trait values in trait-based community assembly

(2021) Jing Yang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Functional similarity and dissimilarity facilitate alien plant invasiveness along biotic and abiotic gradients in an arid protected area

(2020) Reham F. El-Barougy et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Traits and their plasticity determine responses of plant performance and community functional property to nitrogen enrichment in a boreal peatland

(2020) Guigang Lin et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biomass, Morphology, and Dynamics of the Fine Root System Across a 3,000-M Elevation Gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro

(2020) Natalia Sierra Cornejo et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Variations in leaf morphological and chemical traits in response to life stages, plant functional types, and habitat types in an old-growth temperate forest

(2020) Dina Oktavia et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Trait coordination and environmental filters shape functional trait distributions of forest understory herbs

(2020) Matt Candeias et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Global patterns of intraspecific leaf trait responses to elevation

(2019) Gabriele Midolo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Contrasting patterns in leaf traits of Mediterranean shrub communities along an elevation gradient: measurements matter

(2019) Giandiego Campetella et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Plant Functional Trait Response to Habitat Change and Grazing in a Semiarid Grassland: Unravelling Species Turnover and Intraspecific Variation Effects

(2019) Jing Zhang et al.   POLISH JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The relative contributions of climate, soil, diversity and interactions to leaf trait variation and spectrum of invasive Solidago canadensis

(2019) Li-Jia Dong et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Community assembly processes along a sub-Mediterranean elevation gradient: analyzing the interdependence of trait community weighted mean and functional diversity

(2019) Alessandro Bricca et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Functional traits and environmental characteristics drive the degree of competitive intransitivity in European saltmarsh plant communities

(2018) Werner Ulrich et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Structural and defensive roles of angiosperm leaf venation network reticulation across an Andes-Amazon elevation gradient

(2018) Benjamin Blonder et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Species’ traits as predictors of range shifts under contemporary climate change: A review and meta-analysis

(2017) Sarah A. MacLean et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant functional traits and environmental conditions shape community assembly and ecosystem functioning during restoration

(2017) Chad R. Zirbel et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Selection on trait combinations along environmental gradients

(2017) John M. Dwyer et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Community and species-specific responses of plant traits to 23 years of experimental warming across subarctic tundra plant communities

(2017) Gaurav Baruah et al.   Scientific Reports

Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

(2016) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Can trait patterns along gradients predict plant community responses to climate change?

(2016) John Guittar et al.   ECOLOGY

Dissecting global turnover in vascular plants

(2016) Christian König et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities along an elevation gradient

(2016) Cameron P. Egan et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Leaf-level photosynthetic capacity in lowland Amazonian and high-elevation Andean tropical moist forests of Peru

(2016) Nur H. A. Bahar et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variation in leaf wettability traits along a tropical montane elevation gradient

(2016) Gregory R. Goldsmith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Leaf-trait plasticity and species vulnerability to climate change in a Mongolian steppe

(2015) Pierre Liancourt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

(2015) Georges Kunstler et al.   NATURE

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

Foundation species' overlap enhances biodiversity and multifunctionality from the patch to landscape scale in southeastern United States salt marshes

(2015) Christine Angelini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Community assembly in a tropical cloud forest related to specific leaf area and maximum species height

(2014) Wenxing Long et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Seasonal change in light partitioning among coexisting species of different functional groups along elevation gradient in subalpine moorlands

(2014) Chiho Kamiyama et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

Association of Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Factors on the Arid Western Slopes of the Helan Mountains, China

(2013) Jing-Gang Zheng et al.   MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies

(2013) P. B. Adler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long-term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity

(2012) Norman W. H. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional trait state diversity of Andean forests in Venezuela changes with altitude

(2012) Joost F. Duivenvoorden et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

(2011) Jan Lepš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

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

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

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

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST