Biomass is the main driver of changes in ecosystem process rates during tropical forest succession

lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling

(2015) Yves Rosseel   Journal of Statistical Software

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size

(2014) N. L. Stephenson et al.   NATURE

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Field observed relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning during secondary succession in a tropical lowland rainforest

(2013) Wensheng Bu et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

Successional changes in functional composition contrast for dry and wet tropical forest

(2013) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   ECOLOGY

Are functional traits good predictors of species performance in restoration plantings in tropical abandoned pastures?

(2013) Cristina Martínez-Garza et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Changing drivers of species dominance during tropical forest succession

(2013) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests

(2013) Paloma Ruiz-Benito et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mixed afforestation of young subtropical trees promotes nitrogen acquisition and retention

(2013) Anne C. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Single-trait functional indices outperform multi-trait indices in linking environmental gradients and ecosystem services in a complex landscape

(2013) Bradley J. Butterfield et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant functional diversity and carbon storage - an empirical test in semi-arid forest ecosystems

(2013) Georgina Conti et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes in abiotic influences on seed plants and ferns during 18 years of primary succession on Puerto Rican landslides

(2013) Lawrence R. Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests

(2013) Ryan A. Chisholm et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Disentangling Biodiversity and Climatic Determinants of Wood Production

(2013) Montserrat Vilà et al.   PLoS One

Carbon pools recover more quickly than plant biodiversity in tropical secondary forests

(2013) P. A. Martin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On the hope for biodiversity-friendly tropical landscapes

(2013) Felipe P.L. Melo et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

Functional trait metrics are sensitive to the completeness of the species' trait data?

(2013) Robin J. Pakeman   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

(2012) Antoine Tardif et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Linking litter production, quality and decomposition to vegetation succession following agricultural abandonment

(2012) Kerong Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

(2011) Michiel van Breugel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Functional diversity changes during tropical forest succession

(2011) Madelon Lohbeck et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

(2011) David Mouillot et al.   PLoS One

Functional traits and environmental filtering drive community assembly in a species-rich tropical system

(2010) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   ECOLOGY

Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

(2010) Maartje Anne Bakker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Sustaining multiple ecosystem functions in grassland communities requires higher biodiversity

(2010) E. S. Zavaleta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ecosystem service bundles for analyzing tradeoffs in diverse landscapes

(2010) C. Raudsepp-Hearne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service?

(2010) Karin Nadrowski et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Rapid Recovery of Biomass, Species Richness, and Species Composition in a Forest Chronosequence in Northeastern Costa Rica

(2009) Susan G. Letcher et al.   BIOTROPICA

Functional trait variation and sampling strategies in species-rich plant communities

(2009) Christopher Baraloto et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Temporal patterns of net soil N mineralization and nitrification through secondary succession in the subtropical forests of eastern China

(2009) En-Rong Yan et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A unifying evolutionary theory for the biomass–diversity–fertility relationship

(2009) John Warren et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research

(2009) Julia Reiss et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS

(2008) L. Poorter et al.   ECOLOGY

MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS INCREASE THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY FOR OVERALL ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING

(2008) Lars Gamfeldt 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

Litterfall and Decomposition in Relation to Soil Carbon Pools Along a Secondary Forest Chronosequence in Puerto Rico

(2008) Rebecca Ostertag et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Functional diversity affects decomposition processes in experimental grasslands

(2008) M. Scherer-Lorenzen   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY