The seed germination niche limits the distribution of some plant species in calcareous or siliceous alpine bedrocks

Thermal buffering capacity of the germination phenotype across the environmental envelope of the Cactaceae

(2017) Charlotte E. Seal et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Variation in limits to germination temperature and rates across the seed-seedling transition in the palm Oenocarpus bataua from the Brazilian Amazon

(2017) L.L.S. Bastos et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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

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

The contribution of germination functional traits to population dynamics of a desert plant community

(2016) Zhenying Huang et al.   ECOLOGY

A global method for calculating plant CSR ecological strategies applied across biomes world-wide

(2016) Simon Pierce et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Methane flux in montane and subalpine soils of the Central and Northern Alps

(2016) Katrin Hofmann et al.   GEODERMA

Regeneration: an overlooked aspect of trait-based plant community assembly models

(2016) Julie E. Larson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed germination traits can contribute better to plant community ecology

(2016) Borja Jiménez-Alfaro et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Comparative seed germination traits in alpine and subalpine grasslands: higher elevations are associated with warmer germination temperatures

(2016) E. Fernández-Pascual et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Ranges of critical temperature and water potential values for the germination of species worldwide: Contribution to a seed trait database

(2015) C. Dürr et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Modeling the Influence of Genetic and Environmental Variation on the Expression of Plant Life Cycles across Landscapes

(2015) Liana T. Burghardt et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Historic hay cutting dates from Sweden 1873–1951 and their implications for conservation management of species-rich meadows

(2015) Ove Eriksson et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Soil thermal buffer and regeneration niche may favour calcareous fen resilience to climate change

(2015) Eduardo Fernández-Pascual et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Early plant recruitment stages set the template for the development of vegetation patterns along a hydrological gradient

(2015) Rob G. A. Fraaije et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Cardinal temperatures and thermal time in Polaskia Backeb (Cactaceae) species: Effect of projected soil temperature increase and nurse interaction on germination timing

(2015) Cesar A. Ordoñez-Salanueva et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Temperature and drought drive differences in germination responses between congeneric species along altitudinal gradients

(2015) Theresa Walder et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Seed germination strategies: an evolutionary trajectory independent of vegetative functional traits

(2015) Gemma L. Hoyle et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

FactoMineR: AnRPackage for Multivariate Analysis

(2015) Sébastien Lê et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Effects of Autumn and Spring Heat Waves on Seed Germination of High Mountain Plants

(2015) Simone Orsenigo et al.   PLoS One

Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The effects of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation on forecasts of species range shifts under climate change

(2014) Fernando Valladares et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Wood density: A tool to find complementary species for the design of mixed species plantations

(2014) Huong Nguyen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Initial temperature of seed germination as related to species occurrence along a temperature gradient

(2014) Sergey Rosbakh et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Functional equivalence, competitive hierarchy and facilitation determine species coexistence in highly invaded grasslands

(2014) Nicolas Gross et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Rapid adaptation of seed germination requirements of the threatened Mediterranean species Malcolmia littorea (Brassicaceae) and implications for its reintroduction

(2014) Marcello De Vitis et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Thermal niche for in situ seed germination by Mediterranean mountain streams: model prediction and validation for Rhamnus persicifolia seeds

(2013) M. Porceddu et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Can seed characteristics or species distribution be used to predict the stratification requirements of herbs in the Australian Alps?

(2013) Karen D. Sommerville et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Convergent effects of elevation on functional leaf traits within and among species

(2013) Quentin D. Read et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hydrothermal Assessment of Temporal Variability in Seedbed Microclimate

(2013) Stuart P. Hardegree et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Thermal thresholds as predictors of seed dormancy release and germination timing: altitude-related risks from climate warming for the wild grapevine Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris

(2012) M. Orru et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Fine-Scale Patterns of Soil and Plant Surface Temperatures in an Alpine Fellfield Habitat, White Mountains, California

(2012) Eric A. Graham et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

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

(2012) Francesco de Bello et al.   ECOLOGY

Aluminium toxic effects on seedling root survival affect plant composition along soil reaction gradients - a case study in dry sandy grasslands

(2012) M. Abedi et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Comparative germination ecology of two altitudinal vicariantSaxifragaspecies endemic to the north of Spain

(2012) L. Giménez-Benavides et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Seed dormancy in alpine species

(2011) Erich Schwienbacher et al.   FLORA

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mapping plant strategy types using remote sensing

(2011) Sebastian Schmidtlein et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches

(2011) Susanna E. Venn et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Correspondence of seed traits with niche position in glacier foreland succession

(2011) Erich Schwienbacher et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Restoration Seed Banks--A Matter of Scale

(2011) D. J. Merritt et al.   SCIENCE

Forest understory soil temperatures and heat flux calculated using a Fourier model and scaled using a digital camera

(2010) Eric A. Graham et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges

(2010) Kathleen Donohue et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

(2010) Kenneth P. Burnham et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Effects of Genetic Perturbation on Seasonal Life History Plasticity

(2009) A. M. Wilczek et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2008) L. Poorter et al.   ECOLOGY