TRY - a global database of plant traits

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Improving the predictability of global CO2assimilation rates under climate change

(2011) T. Ziehn et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Traits and ecological strategies of Australian tropical and temperate climbing plants

(2011) Rachael V. Gallagher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Improving assessment and modelling of climate change impacts on global terrestrial biodiversity

(2011) Sean M. McMahon 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

A user's guide to functional diversity indices

(2010) D. Schleuter et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Leaf habit and woodiness regulate different leaf economy traits at a given nutrient supply

(2010) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant geography upon the basis of functional traits: an example from eastern North American trees

(2010) Nathan G. Swenson et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Venation networks and the origin of the leaf economics spectrum

(2010) Benjamin Blonder et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology

(2010) John J. Wiens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Differentiation of leaf water flux and drought tolerance traits in hemiepiphytic and non-hemiepiphytic Ficus tree species

(2010) Guang-You Hao et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A multi-trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra- vs. interspecific variability in plant traits

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A unique web resource for physiology, ecology and the environmental sciences:PrometheusWiki

(2010) Lawren Sack et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Feedback of carbon and nitrogen cycles enhances carbon sequestration in the terrestrial biosphere

(2010) GERD ESSER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Higher Allocation to Low Cost Chemical Defenses in Invasive Species of Hawaii

(2010) Josep Peñuelas et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A method to construct dose–response curves for a wide range of environmental factors and plant traits by means of a meta-analysis of phenotypic data

(2010) Hendrik Poorter et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Counterpoint: Data first

(2010) Todd Golub   NATURE

Point: Hypotheses first

(2010) Robert Weinberg   NATURE

Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

(2010) Martin Jung et al.   NATURE

Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits?

(2010) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root traits explain different foraging strategies between resprouting life histories

(2010) Susana Paula et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits

(2010) LARS MARKESTEIJN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

(2010) C. Beer et al.   SCIENCE

A generic structure for plant trait databases

(2010) Jens Kattge et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Plant Strategies in Relation to Resource Supply in Mesic to Wet Environments: Does Theory Mirror Nature?

(2009) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Plant morphometric traits and climate gradients in northern China: a meta-analysis using quadrat and flora data

(2009) Ting-Ting Meng et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Experimental drought and warming decrease diversity and slow down post-fire succession in a Mediterranean shrubland

(2009) Patricia Prieto et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin

(2009) S. Paula et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Simulated geographic variations of plant species richness, evenness and abundance using climatic constraints on plant functional diversity

(2009) Axel Kleidon et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A multi-trait test of the leaf-height-seed plant strategy scheme with 133 species from a pine forest flora

(2009) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: an example from a Costa Rican dry forest

(2009) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Functional trait variation and sampling strategies in species-rich plant communities

(2009) Christopher Baraloto et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Temporal and among-site variability of inherent water use efficiency at the ecosystem level

(2009) C. Beer et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global-scale terrestrial biosphere models

(2009) JENS KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Faster returns on ‘leaf economics’ and different biogeochemical niche in invasive compared with native plant species

(2009) JOSEP PENUELAS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and respiration using a light response curve approach: critical issues and global evaluation

(2009) GITTA LASSLOP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Leaf Trait Diversification and Design in Seven Rare Taxa of the Hawaiian Plantago Radiation

(2009) Stephanie Dunbar‐Co et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

An experimental comparison of chemical traits and litter decomposition rates in a diverse range of subarctic bryophyte, lichen and vascular plant species

(2009) Simone I. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Towards a trait-based quantification of species niche

(2009) C. Violle et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

Relative climatic, edaphic and management controls of plant functional trait signatures

(2009) Robin J. Pakeman et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Substitutes for grazing in semi-natural grasslands - do mowing or mulching represent valuable alternatives to maintain vegetation structure?

(2009) Christine Römermann et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

(2009) Joseph M. Craine et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How does moss photosynthesis relate to leaf and canopy structure? Trait relationships for 10 Hawaiian species of contrasting light habitats

(2009) Mashuri Waite et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf phosphorus influences the photosynthesis–nitrogen relation: a cross-biome analysis of 314 species

(2009) Peter B. Reich et al.   OECOLOGIA

An optimality-based model of the dynamic feedbacks between natural vegetation and the water balance

(2009) S. J. Schymanski et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Changes in leaf δ13C and δ15N for three Mediterranean tree species in relation to soil water availability

(2008) Romà Ogaya et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

TURNER REVIEW No. 15.'Breathing' of the terrestrial biosphere: lessons learned from a global network of carbon dioxide flux measurement systems

(2008) Dennis Baldocchi   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Scaling of xylem vessels and veins within the leaves of oak species

(2008) D. A. Coomes et al.   Biology Letters

LEAF HERBIVORY AND DECOMPOSABILITY IN A MALAYSIAN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

(2008) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   ECOLOGY

SEPARATING THE EFFECTS OF PARTIAL SUBMERGENCE AND SOIL OXYGEN DEMAND ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

(2008) Peter M. van Bodegom et al.   ECOLOGY

Scaling of respiration to nitrogen in leaves, stems and roots of higher land plants

(2008) Peter B. Reich et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dispersal failure contributes to plant losses in NW Europe

(2008) Wim A. Ozinga et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Relating leaf photosynthetic rate to whole-plant growth: drought and shade effects on seedlings of fourQuercusspecies

(2008) José L. Quero et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

(2008) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Burning seeds: germinative response to heat treatments in relation to resprouting ability

(2008) S. Paula et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use

(2008) Robin J. Pakeman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes in Ca, Fe, Mg, Mo, Na, and S content in a Mediterranean shrubland under warming and drought

(2008) J. Sardans et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Multiplicative by nature: Why logarithmic transformation is necessary in allometry

(2008) Andrew J. Kerkhoff et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Variation in longevity and traits of leaves among co-occurring understorey plants in a tropical montane forest

(2008) Satomi Shiodera et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Leaf traits show different relationships with shade tolerance in moist versus dry tropical forests

(2008) Lourens Poorter   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The rapid light response of leaf hydraulic conductance: new evidence from two experimental methods

(2008) CHRISTINE SCOFFONI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Canopy nitrogen, carbon assimilation, and albedo in temperate and boreal forests: Functional relations and potential climate feedbacks

(2008) S. V. Ollinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest

(2008) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE

Advancing ecological research with ontologies

(2008) Joshua S. Madin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION