Integrating trait-based empirical and modeling research to improve ecological restoration

Modelling understorey dynamics in temperate forests under global change–Challenges and perspectives

(2018) D. Landuyt et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

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

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

Functional trait variation along environmental gradients in temperate and Mediterranean trees

(2015) Albert Vilà-Cabrera et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

(2015) Kimberley J. Simpson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root functional parameters along a land-use gradient: evidence of a community-level economics spectrum

(2015) Iván Prieto et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Committing to ecological restoration

(2015) K. Suding et al.   SCIENCE

Native and exotic plant species show differential growth but similar functional trait responses to experimental rainfall

(2015) A. C. Ashbacher et al.   Ecosphere

Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades

(2015) Michael P. Perring et al.   Ecosphere

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

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Indirect influences of a major drought on leaf litter quality and decomposition in a southwestern stream

(2014) Carri J. LeRoy et al.   Fundamental and Applied Limnology

The phenotypic response of co-occurring Banksia species to warming and drying

(2014) Anne Cochrane et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests

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

The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do leaf traits and nitrogen supply affect decomposability rates of three Mediterranean species growing under different competition levels?

(2013) Javier Valera-Burgos et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Nitrogen deposition and drought events have non-additive effects on plant growth – Evidence from greenhouse experiments

(2013) M. Meyer-Grünefeldt et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Primed for Change: Developing Ecological Restoration for the 21st Century

(2013) Nancy Shackelford et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions

(2013) Jarrett E. K. Byrnes et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The Ridgefield Multiple Ecosystem Services Experiment: Can restoration of former agricultural land achieve multiple outcomes?

(2012) Michael P. Perring et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Plant functional trait responses to interannual rainfall variability, summer drought and seasonal grazing in Mediterranean herbaceous communities

(2012) Lorenzo Pérez-Camacho et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data - an inverse perspective

(2012) Florian Hartig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mediterranean shrublands carbon sequestration: environmental and economic benefits

(2012) Loretta Gratani et al.   Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Verification and validation of simulation models

(2012) R G Sargent   Journal of Simulation

Uncertainty analysis in building performance simulation for design support

(2011) Christina J. Hopfe et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Mediterranean cork oak savannas require human use to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services

(2011) Miguel N Bugalho et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

Restoration of ecosystem services and biodiversity: conflicts and opportunities

(2011) James M. Bullock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

(2011) Georgina M. Mace et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Low-dimensional trade-offs fail to explain richness and structure in species-rich plant communities

(2010) Alexandra Esther et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Plant Water Use Affects Competition for Nitrogen: Why Drought Favors Invasive Species in California

(2009) Katherine Everard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Understanding relationships among multiple ecosystem services

(2009) Elena M. Bennett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Leaf litter traits of invasive species slow down decomposition compared to Spanish natives: a broad phylogenetic comparison

(2009) Oscar Godoy et al.   OECOLOGIA

Enhancement of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Ecological Restoration: A Meta-Analysis

(2009) J. M. R. Benayas et al.   SCIENCE

Simulating plant water availability in dry lands under climate change: A generic model of two soil layers

(2009) Britta Tietjen et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

DairyMod and EcoMod: biophysical pasture-simulation models for Australia and New Zealand

(2008) I. R. Johnson et al.   Australian journal of experimental agriculture

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Simulating vegetation shifts in north-eastern Mediterranean mountain forests under climatic change scenarios

(2008) Nikolaos M. Fyllas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Variability in water use efficiency at the leaf level among Mediterranean plants with different growth forms

(2008) Hipólito Medrano et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Restoration through reassembly: plant traits and invasion resistance

(2008) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION