The acquisitive–conservative axis of leaf trait variation emerges even in homogeneous environments

Extent and context dependence of pleiotropy revealed by high-throughput single-cell phenotyping

(2020) Kerry A. Geiler-Samerotte et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Leaf economics and slow-fast adaptation across the geographic range of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2019) Kevin Sartori et al.   Scientific Reports

Natural selection acting on integrated phenotypes: covariance among functional leaf traits increases plant fitness

(2019) Xóchitl Damián et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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(2018)   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Intraspecific trait variation and the leaf economics spectrum across resource gradients and levels of organization

(2018) Alex Fajardo et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Traits indicating a conservative resource strategy are weakly related to narrow range size in a group of neotropical trees

(2018) Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

WorldClim 2: new 1-km spatial resolution climate surfaces for global land areas

(2017) Stephen E. Fick et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

(2017) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

(2016) Jennifer L. Funk et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

(2016) Julie Messier et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Intraspecific trait variation across multiple scales: the leaf economics spectrum in coffee

(2016) Adam R. Martin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant community controls on short-term ecosystem nitrogen retention

(2016) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Relative contribution of soil, management and traits to co-variations of multiple ecosystem properties in grasslands

(2016) Pierre Gos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Legumes are different: Leaf nitrogen, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency

(2016) Mark Andrew Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Are functional traits a good predictor of global change impacts on tree species abundance dynamics in a subtropical forest?

(2015) Ronghua Li et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation: Are disturbance and stress the key selective forces that drive the psammophilous succession?

(2015) Daniela Ciccarelli   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Global effects of soil and climate on leaf photosynthetic traits and rates

(2015) Vincent Maire et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

From pots to plots: hierarchical trait-based prediction of plant performance in a mesic grassland

(2015) Thomas Schroeder-Georgi et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Variation and macroevolution in leaf functional traits in the Hawaiian silversword alliance (Asteraceae)

(2015) Benjamin Blonder et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Describing, explaining and predicting community assembly: a convincing trait-based case study

(2015) Bill Shipley   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Ecosystem multifunctionality of coastal marshes is determined by key plant traits

(2015) Vanessa Minden et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

(2015) Owen K. Atkin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Trade-offs in interspecific comparisons in plant ecology and how plants overcome proposed constraints

(2015) Peter J. Grubb   Plant Ecology & Diversity

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

(2015) Benjamin Blonder et al.   AoB Plants

Novel evidence for within-species leaf economics spectrum at multiple spatial scales

(2015) Yu-Kun Hu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

A Functional Characterisation of a Wide Range of Cover Crop Species: Growth and Nitrogen Acquisition Rates, Leaf Traits and Ecological Strategies

(2015) Hélène Tribouillois et al.   PLoS One

Termite Mounds Increase Functional Diversity of Woody Plants in African Savannas

(2014) Grant S. Joseph et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Trait-based scaling of temperature-dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy

(2014) Martijn Slot et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

(2014) Angela T. Moles et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment

(2014) Stuart W. Smith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is there a species spectrum within the world-wide leaf economics spectrum? Major variations in leaf functional traits in the Mediterranean sclerophyllQuercus ilex

(2014) Ülo Niinemets   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mesoherbivores affect grasshopper communities in a megaherbivore-dominated South African savannah

(2014) Fons van der Plas et al.   OECOLOGIA

Internal and external regulation of plant organ stoichiometry

(2014) V. Minden et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Functional trait expression of grassland species shift with short- and long-term nutrient additions

(2014) Kimberly J. La Pierre et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Community Functional Responses to Soil and Climate at Multiple Spatial Scales: When Does Intraspecific Variation Matter?

(2014) Andrew Siefert et al.   PLoS One

CATS regression - a model-based approach to studying trait-based community assembly

(2014) David I. Warton et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

Are functional traits good predictors of species performance in restoration plantings in tropical abandoned pastures?

(2013) Cristina Martínez-Garza et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Unravelling the architecture of functional variability in wild populations ofPolygonum viviparumL

(2013) Florian C. Boucher et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient

(2013) Emilie Kichenin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks inPopulus tremuloides

(2013) Benjamin Blonder et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The within-species leaf economic spectrum does not predict leaf litter decomposability at either the within-species or whole community levels

(2013) Benjamin G. Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nutrient input from hemiparasitic litter favors plant species with a fast-growth strategy

(2013) Andreas Demey et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Morphological and anatomical determinants of mesophyll conductance in wild relatives of tomato (Solanumsect.Lycopersicon, sect.Lycopersicoides; Solanaceae)

(2013) CHRISTOPHER D. MUIR et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Intraspecific Relationships among Wood Density, Leaf Structural Traits and Environment in Four Co-Occurring Species of Nothofagus in New Zealand

(2013) Sarah J. Richardson et al.   PLoS One

Environmental and community controls on plant canopy chemistry in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem

(2013) K. M. Dahlin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies

(2013) P. B. Adler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Do the large termite mounds of Macrotermes concentrate micronutrients in addition to macronutrients in nutrient-poor African savannas?

(2013) C.L. Seymour et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Optical properties of leaves and needles for boreal tree species in Europe

(2013) Petr Lukeš et al.   Remote Sensing Letters

The leaf-area shrinkage effect can bias paleoclimate and ecology research

(2012) Benjamin Blonder et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Limited effects of simulated acidic deposition on seedling survivorship and root morphology of endemic plant taxa of the Athabasca Sand Dunes in well-watered greenhouse trials

(2012) Amanda L. Guy et al.   Botany

A common genetic basis to the origin of the leaf economics spectrum and metabolic scaling allometry

(2012) François Vasseur et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within local species pools across varying environmental conditions?

(2012) Justin P. Wright et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Inferring community assembly mechanisms from functional diversity patterns: the importance of multiple assembly processes

(2012) Marko J. Spasojevic et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

(2012) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

How cellulose-based leaf toughness and lamina density contribute to long leaf lifespans of shade-tolerant species

(2012) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shrubs affect soil nutrients availability with contrasting consequences for pasture understory and tree overstory production and nutrient status in Mediterranean grazed open woodlands

(2012) V. Rolo et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Successional stages of primary temperate rainforests of Chiloé Island, Chile

(2012) Alvaro G. Gutiérrez et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Plant trait–environment relationships in salt marshes: Deviations from predictions by ecological concepts

(2012) Vanessa Minden et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Community traitscape of foliar nitrogen isotopes reveals N availability patterns in a tallgrass prairie

(2012) Joseph M. Craine et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The many faces of pleiotropy

(2012) Annalise B. Paaby et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

(2012) Joseph M. Craine et al.   Nature Climate Change

Patterns of plant trait–environment relationships along a forest succession chronosequence

(2011) Giandiego Campetella et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Multi-trait interactions, not phylogeny, fine-tune leaf size reduction with increasing altitude

(2011) Rubén Milla et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of woody plants differ in responses to climate, soil and plant growth form

(2011) Yahan Chen et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phytophagy on phylogenetically isolated trees: why hosts should escape their relatives

(2011) Benjamin Yguel et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The role of UV-B radiation in the invasion of Hieracium pilosella—A comparison of German and New Zealand plants

(2011) Michael Beckmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

Floral, climatic and soil pH controls on leaf ash content in China's terrestrial plants

(2011) Wenxuan Han et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climatic constraints on trait-based forest assembly

(2011) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Allocation of foliar phosphorus fractions and leaf traits of tropical tree species in response to decreased soil phosphorus availability on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

(2011) Amane Hidaka et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional structure of an arid steppe plant community reveals similarities with Grime's C-S-R theory

(2011) Cédric Frenette-Dussault et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Functional consequences of climate change-induced plant species loss in a tallgrass prairie

(2011) Joseph M. Craine et al.   OECOLOGIA

Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland

(2011) Qiang Yu et al.   OECOLOGIA

Photosynthetic parameters, dark respiration and leaf traits in the canopy of a Peruvian tropical montane cloud forest

(2011) Martine Janet van de Weg et al.   OECOLOGIA

The evolution of the worldwide leaf economics spectrum

(2011) Lisa A. Donovan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

smatr 3- an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines

(2011) David I. Warton et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Using plant functional traits to guide restoration: A case study in California coastal grassland

(2011) B. Sandel et al.   Ecosphere

Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass prairie assemblages

(2011) Sally S. Tucker et al.   Ecosphere

Decoupled leaf and stem economics in rain forest trees

(2010) Christopher Baraloto et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Plant functional type classifications in tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: leaf habit versus taxonomic approaches

(2010) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation

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

Evidence of a universal scaling relationship for leaf CO2 drawdown along an aridity gradient

(2010) I. Colin Prentice et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Regeneration niche differentiates functional strategies of desert woody plant species

(2010) Bradley J. Butterfield et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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

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

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

(2009) JENS KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

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

Altitudinal variation in leaf mass per unit area, leaf tissue density and foliar nitrogen and phosphorus content along an Amazon-Andes gradient in Peru

(2009) Martine J. van de Weg et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

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

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

WATER STRESS ALTERS THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF FUNCTIONAL TRAITS ASSOCIATED WITH DROUGHT ADAPTATION INAVENA BARBATA

(2008) Mark E. Sherrard et al.   EVOLUTION

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE 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

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

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

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

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

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