Functional Diversity: An Epistemic Roadmap

Consistent changes in the taxonomic structure and functional attributes of bacterial communities during primary succession

(2018) Rüdiger Ortiz-Álvarez et al.   ISME Journal

A strong link between marine microbial community composition and function challenges the idea of functional redundancy

(2018) Pierre E. Galand et al.   ISME Journal

On the development of a predictive functional trait approach for studying terrestrial arthropods

(2018) Pierre-Marc Brousseau et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Niche Separation Increases With Genetic Distance Among Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria

(2018) Nicolas Tromas et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems

(2018) Stilianos Louca et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Cross-scale neutral ecology and the maintenance of biodiversity

(2018) James P. O’Dwyer et al.   Scientific Reports

Contrasting patterns of neutral and functional genetic diversity in stable and disturbed environments

(2018) Yeşerin Yıldırım et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Mustering the power of ecosystems for adaptation to climate change

(2018) Sandra Lavorel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Functional diversity of aquatic ciliates

(2017) Thomas Weisse   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Trait matching and phylogeny as predictors of predator-prey interactions involving ground beetles

(2017) Pierre-Marc Brousseau et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Individual trait variation in phytoplankton communities across multiple spatial scales

(2017) Roselli Leonilde et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

(2017) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention

(2017) David Tilman et al.   NATURE

Shotgun metagenomics, from sampling to analysis

(2017) Christopher Quince et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Global climatic drivers of leaf size

(2017) Ian J. Wright et al.   SCIENCE

A phylogenetic transform enhances analysis of compositional microbiota data

(2017) Justin D Silverman et al.   eLife

A common framework for identifying linkage rules across different types of interactions

(2016) Ignasi Bartomeus et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

(2016) Marco Moretti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Linking zooplankton communities to ecosystem functioning: toward an effect-trait framework

(2016) Marie-Pier Hébert et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

A persistence enhancing propensity account of ecological function to explain ecosystem evolution

(2016) Antoine C. Dussault et al.   SYNTHESE

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Winter severity determines functional trait composition of phytoplankton in seasonally ice-covered lakes

(2015) Deniz Özkundakci et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Environment and evolutionary history determine the global biogeography of phytoplankton temperature traits

(2015) Mridul K. Thomas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Functional diversity: an overview of its history and applicability

(2015) Livia Maira Orlandi Laureto et al.   Natureza & Conservacao

Variation in trait trade-offs allows differentiation among predefined plant functional types: implications for predictive ecology

(2015) Lieneke M. Verheijen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

(2015) V. Gagic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Promoting Resilience

(2015) Eric Desjardins et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Microbiomes in light of traits: A phylogenetic perspective

(2015) J. B. H. Martiny et al.   SCIENCE

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

(2015) W. Steffen et al.   SCIENCE

Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

(2015) S. Sunagawa et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanisms shaping size structure and functional diversity of phytoplankton communities in the ocean

(2015) Esteban Acevedo-Trejos et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2015) Michael P. Perring et al.   Ecosphere

Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology

(2014) Benjamin Pey et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Depth-stratified functional and taxonomic niche specialization in the ‘core’ and ‘flexible’ Pacific Ocean Virome

(2014) Bonnie L Hurwitz et al.   ISME Journal

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

Drawing ecological inferences from coincident patterns of population- and community-level biodiversity

(2014) Mark Vellend et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Biogeographic variation in evergreen conifer needle longevity and impacts on boreal forest carbon cycle projections

(2014) P. B. Reich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

(2014) C. Violle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Changes in local-scale intraspecific trait variability of dominant species across contrasting island ecosystems

(2014) Bright B. Kumordzi et al.   Ecosphere

Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Sascha Krause et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Seeing the forest for the genes: using metagenomics to infer the aggregated traits of microbial communities

(2014) Noah Fierer et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Trait-based climate change predictions of plant community structure in arid steppes

(2013) Cédric Frenette-Dussault et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Using functional traits to investigate the determinants of crustacean zooplankton community structure

(2013) Richard J. Vogt et al.   OIKOS

Size-dependent changes in leaf and wood chemical traits in two Caribbean rainforest trees

(2013) A. R. Martin et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The importance of rare species: a trait-based assessment of rare species contributions to functional diversity and possible ecosystem function in tall-grass prairies

(2013) Meha Jain et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Metabolic reprogramming by viruses in the sunlit and dark ocean

(2013) Bonnie L Hurwitz et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Inter-specific and intra-specific trait variation along short environmental gradients in an old-growth temperate forest

(2012) Sébastien Auger et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Intervention Ecology: Applying Ecological Science in the Twenty-first Century

(2011) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   BIOSCIENCE

TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

Beyond taxonomic diversity patterns: how do α, β and γ components of bird functional and phylogenetic diversity respond to environmental gradients across France?

(2011) Christine N. Meynard et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Beyond species: functional diversity and the maintenance of ecological processes and services

(2011) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Eco-evolutionary differences in light utilization traits and distributions of freshwater phytoplankton

(2011) Anne S. Schwaderer et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Microbial seed banks: the ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy

(2011) Jay T. Lennon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology?

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

(2011) David Mouillot et al.   PLoS One

The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography at Age Ten

(2011) James Rosindell 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

From Adaptive Management to Adjustive Management: A Pragmatic Account of Biodiversity Values

(2010) VIRGINIE MARIS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes

(2010) Lenore Fahrig et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Life history trait diversity of native freshwater fishes in North America

(2010) M. C. Mims et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services

(2010) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

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

“A Great Complication of Circumstances” – Darwin and the Economy of Nature

(2009) Trevor Pearce   JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF BIOLOGY

Linking biodiversity and ecosystems: towards a unifying ecological theory

(2009) M. Loreau   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton

(2008) Elena Litchman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Functional consequences of realistic biodiversity changes in a marine ecosystem

(2008) M. E. S. Bracken et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbial Biogeography: From Taxonomy to Traits

(2008) J. L. Green et al.   SCIENCE

Functional biotic homogenization of bird communities in disturbed landscapes

(2007) Vincent Devictor et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY