Hierarchy of root functional trait values and plasticity drive early-stage competition for water and phosphorus among grasses

Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland

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Root plasticity maintains growth of temperate grassland species under pulsed water supply

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Competitive interactions between forest trees are driven by species' trait hierarchy, not phylogenetic or functional similarity: implications for forest community assembly

(2012) Georges Kunstler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Root and leaf functional trait relations in Poaceae species: implications of differing resource-acquisition strategies

(2012) F. Fort et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

The role of roots in the resource economics spectrum

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Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees

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DNA Barcoding as an Effective Tool in Improving a Digital Plant Identification System: A Case Study for the Area of Mt. Valerio, Trieste (NE Italy)

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Testing Darwin’s naturalization hypothesis in the Azores

(2011) Hanno Schaefer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Contrasting root behaviour in two grass species: a test of functionality in dynamic heterogeneous conditions

(2011) Liesje Mommer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant nutrition for sustainable development and global health

(2010) P. J. White et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest

(2010) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Trait similarity, shared ancestry and the structure of neighbourhood interactions in a subtropical wet forest: implications for community assembly

(2010) María Uriarte et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Responses of plant traits of four grasses from contrasting habitats to defoliation and N supply

(2010) F. Gastal et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Are competitive effect and response two sides of the same coin, or fundamentally different?

(2009) Ping Wang et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does phylogenetic relatedness influence the strength of competition among vascular plants?

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