Hydrological gradients and functional diversity of plants drive ecosystem processes in Poyang Lake wetland

Litter chemistry and chemical diversity drive ecosystem processes in forest ponds

(2016) Aaron B. Stoler et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional identity is the main driver of diversity effects in young tree communities

(2016) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phytoplankton traits predict ecosystem function in a global set of lakes

(2015) Jacob A. Zwart et al.   ECOLOGY

Riparian plant community responses to increased flooding: a meta-analysis

(2015) Annemarie G. Garssen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Dispersalversusenvironmental filtering in a dynamic system: drivers of vegetation patterns and diversity along stream riparian gradients

(2015) Rob G. A. Fraaije et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

From soaking wet to bone dry: predicting plant community composition along a steep hydrological gradient

(2015) Lars Baastrup-Spohr et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Ecosystem multifunctionality of coastal marshes is determined by key plant traits

(2015) Vanessa Minden et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

(2015) V. Gagic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A functional-trait approach reveals community diversity and assembly processes responses to flood disturbance in a subtropical wetland

(2014) Hui Fu et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Does functional trait diversity predict above-ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses

(2014) Bryan Finegan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities: a review

(2014) Jonathan Silvertown et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Spatial scale resolves the niche versus neutral theory debate

(2014) Jonathan M. Chase   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Functional traits composition predict macrophytes community productivity along a water depth gradient in a freshwater lake

(2014) Hui Fu et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

A functional trait-based approach to understand community assembly and diversity–productivity relationships over 7 years in experimental grasslands

(2013) Christiane Roscher et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

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

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

From selection to complementarity: the shift along the abiotic stress gradient in a controlled biodiversity experiment

(2012) Jiang Wang et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

(2012) F. T. Maestre et al.   SCIENCE

Cascading effects of long-term land-use changes on plant traits and ecosystem functioning

(2011) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

(2010) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research

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

Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

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

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   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