Intraspecific trait variation influences physiological performance and fitness in the South Africa shrub genus Protea (Proteaceae)

A meta-analysis of natural selection on plant functional traits

(2019) Christina Marie Caruso et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

A reframing of trait-demographic rate analyses for ecology and evolutionary biology

(2019) Nathan Garrick Swenson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Within-species patterns challenge our understanding of the leaf economics spectrum

(2018) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Similarities and differences in intrapopulation trait correlations of co-occurring tree species: consistent water-use relationships amid widely different correlation patterns

(2018) Julie Messier et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Plant functional traits and environmental conditions shape community assembly and ecosystem functioning during restoration

(2017) Chad R. Zirbel et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Interspecific integration of trait dimensions at local scales: the plant phenotype as an integrated network

(2017) Julie Messier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fire frequency filters species by bark traits in a savanna-forest mosaic

(2017) Tristan Charles-Dominique et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Trait variation and integration across scales: is the leaf economic spectrum present at local scales?

(2016) Julie Messier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Functional Traits in Parallel Evolutionary Radiations and Trait-Environment Associations in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa

(2015) Nora Mitchell et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Intraspecific variation in stomatal traits, leaf traits and physiology reflects adaptation along aridity gradients in a South African shrub

(2015) Jane E. Carlson et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes

(2015) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Testing models for the leaf economics spectrum with leaf and whole-plant traits inArabidopsis thaliana

(2015) Benjamin Blonder et al.   AoB Plants

Comparing bark thickness: testing methods with bark-stem data from two South African fire-prone biomes

(2014) Gareth P. Hempson et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

A worldwide analysis of within-canopy variations in leaf structural, chemical and physiological traits across plant functional types

(2014) Ülo Niinemets et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Leaf traits within communities: Context may affect the mapping of traits to function

(2013) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   ECOLOGY

Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: a savanna/forest contrast

(2013) Michael J. Lawes et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Community assembly by limiting similarity vs. competitive hierarchies: testing the consequences of dispersion of individual traits

(2013) Tomáš Herben et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The effect of historical legacy on adaptation: do closely related species respond to the environment in the same way?

(2012) R. PRUNIER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

Direct and indirect selection on floral pigmentation by pollinators and seed predators in a color polymorphic South African shrub

(2012) Jane E. Carlson et al.   OECOLOGIA

Developmental Plasticity in Protea as an Evolutionary Response to Environmental Clines in the Cape Floristic Region

(2012) Jane E. Carlson et al.   PLoS One

Photosynthetic pathway and ecological adaptation explain stomatal trait diversity amongst grasses

(2011) S. H. Taylor et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Causes of Plant Diversification in the Cape Biodiversity Hotspot of South Africa

(2011) Jan Schnitzler et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Persisting soil drought reduces leaf specific conductivity in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens)

(2011) F. J. Sterck et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology

(2011) Daniel I. Bolnick et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Coexistence theory in the Cape Floristic Region: revisiting an example of leaf niches in the Proteaceae

(2010) ALASTAIR J. POTTS et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

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

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

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

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

PLANT RESPONSES TO CLIMATE IN THE CAPE FLORISTIC REGION OF SOUTH AFRICA: EVIDENCE FOR ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PROTEACEAE

(2010) Jane E. Carlson et al.   EVOLUTION

PERSPECTIVE: Rethinking the value of high wood density

(2010) Markku Larjavaara 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

Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa

(2010) Brian W. Van Wilgen et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Mind the bubbles: achieving stable measurements of maximum hydraulic conductivity through woody plant samples

(2010) Susana Espino et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

(2010) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Wood anatomy and wood density in shrubs: Responses to varying aridity along transcontinental transects

(2009) Hugo I. Martínez-Cabrera et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

DIVERSIFICATION OF THE AFRICAN GENUSPROTEA(PROTEACEAE) IN THE CAPE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT AND BEYOND: EQUAL RATES IN DIFFERENT BIOMES

(2009) Luis M. Valente et al.   EVOLUTION

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

Maximum leaf conductance driven by CO2 effects on stomatal size and density over geologic time

(2009) P. J. Franks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA