Functional trait responses to grazing are mediated by soil moisture and plant functional group identity

Inter-annual fluctuations in rainfall shift the functional structure of Mediterranean grasslands across gradients of productivity and disturbance

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Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm

(2013) Eric M. Lind et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Intraspecific trait variability mediates the response of subalpine grassland communities to extreme drought events

(2013) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Taxonomical and functional diversity turnover in Mediterranean grasslands: interactions between grazing, habitat type and rainfall

(2012) Carlos P. Carmona et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Grazing alters ecosystem functioning and C:N:P stoichiometry of grasslands along a regional precipitation gradient

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Which plant traits determine abundance under long-term shifts in soil resource availability and grazing intensity?

(2012) Etienne Laliberté et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evolution of mixed strategies of plant defense against herbivores

(2012) Nash E. Turley et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Herbivores can select for mixed defensive strategies in plants

(2012) Diego Carmona et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Scale-Dependent Effects of Grazing on Plant C: N: P Stoichiometry and Linkages to Ecosystem Functioning in the Inner Mongolia Grassland

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The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

(2011) Jan Lepš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

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

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecosystem properties determined by plant functional group identity

(2010) Jennie R. McLaren et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Grazing changes topography-controlled topsoil properties and their interaction on different spatial scales in a semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, P.R. China

(2010) Angelika Kölbl et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

(2010) Shuxia Zheng et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Individuals and the Variation Needed for High Species Diversity in Forest Trees

(2010) J. S. Clark   SCIENCE

Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and environmental trade-offs between leaf productivity and persistence

(2009) Jin-Sheng He et al.   ECOLOGY

Beyond competition: the stress-gradient hypothesis tested in plant–herbivore interactions

(2009) Pedro Daleo et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional traits of alien plants across contrasting climatic and land-use regimes: do aliens join the locals or try harder than them?

(2009) Paula A. Tecco et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Grazing responses in herbs in relation to herbivore selectivity and plant traits in an alpine ecosystem

(2009) Marianne Evju et al.   OECOLOGIA

PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND RAIN USE EFFICIENCY ACROSS A PRECIPITATION GRADIENT ON THE MONGOLIA PLATEAU

(2008) Yongfei Bai et al.   ECOLOGY

Context dependent effects of plant species and functional group loss on vegetation invasibility across an island area gradient

(2008) David A. Wardle et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of grazing and topography on dust flux and deposition in the Xilingele grassland, Inner Mongolia

(2007) C. Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS