Functional and phylogenetic diversity determine woody productivity in a temperate forest

Abiotic and biotic drivers of biomass change in a Neotropical forest

(2017) Masha T. van der Sande et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linking individual-level functional traits to tree growth in a subtropical forest

(2016) Xiaojuan Liu et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Positive species diversity and above-ground biomass relationships are ubiquitous across forest strata despite interference from overstorey trees

(2016) Yu Zhang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

(2016) James B. Grace et al.   NATURE

Functional composition drives ecosystem function through multiple mechanisms in a broadleaved subtropical forest

(2016) Jyh-Min Chiang et al.   OECOLOGIA

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

(2016) J. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Relationships between tree biomass productivity and local species diversity

(2016) Juan Wang et al.   Ecosphere

Species richness, but not phylogenetic diversity, influences community biomass production and temporal stability in a re-examination of 16 grassland biodiversity studies

(2015) Patrick Venail et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Modes of functional biodiversity control on tree productivity across the European continent

(2015) Sophia Ratcliffe et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Individual size inequality links forest diversity and above-ground biomass

(2015) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling

(2015) Yves Rosseel   Journal of Statistical Software

Spatially explicit structural equation modeling

(2014) Eric G. Lamb et al.   ECOLOGY

Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences

(2014) Jurgis Sapijanskas et al.   ECOLOGY

Topography related habitat associations of tree species traits, composition and diversity in a Chinese tropical forest

(2014) Jiajia Liu et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Beyond mean functional traits: Influence of functional trait profiles on forest structure, production, and mortality across the eastern US

(2014) Matthew B. Russell et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

The environment and space, not phylogeny, determine trait dispersion in a subtropical forest

(2013) Xiaojuan Liu et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting changes in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity during a long-term succession: insights into assembly processes

(2013) Oliver Purschke 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

Phylogenetic diversity and the functioning of ecosystems

(2012) Diane S. Srivastava et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Guidelines for a graph-theoretic implementation of structural equation modeling

(2012) James B. Grace et al.   Ecosphere

Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem-function relationships

(2011) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional diversity changes during tropical forest succession

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

Linking functional diversity and social actor strategies in a framework for interdisciplinary analysis of nature's benefits to society

(2011) S. Diaz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Measuring wood specific gravity…Correctly

(2010) G. Bruce Williamson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

On the specification of structural equation models for ecological systems

(2010) James B. Grace et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

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

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules

(2010) Maud A. Mouchet 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

Interactive effects of species richness and species traits on functional diversity and redundancy

(2010) Fredrik Dalerum et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Responses of crown architecture in Betula pendula to competition are dependent on the species of neighbouring trees

(2010) Anna Lintunen et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Phylogenetic relatedness and plant invader success across two spatial scales

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Phylogenetic diversity metrics for ecological communities: integrating species richness, abundance and evolutionary history

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Using Phylogenetic, Functional and Trait Diversity to Understand Patterns of Plant Community Productivity

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   PLoS One

Phylocom: software for the analysis of phylogenetic community structure and trait evolution

(2008) Campbell O. Webb et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

JANZEN-CONNELL EFFECTS ARE WIDESPREAD AND STRONG ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN DIVERSITY IN GRASSLANDS

(2008) Jana S. Petermann et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Partitioning the effects of biodiversity and environmental heterogeneity for productivity and mortality in a tropical tree plantation

(2008) Chrystal Healy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evolutionary history and the effect of biodiversity on plant productivity

(2008) M. W. Cadotte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forest site productivity: a review of the evolution of dendrometric concepts for even-aged stands

(2007) J. P. Skovsgaard et al.   FORESTRY