Circle the bandwagons - challenges mount against the theoretical foundations of applied functional trait and ecosystem service research

Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

(2015) Joaquín Hortal et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A multidimensional functional trait analysis of resource exploitation in European ants

(2015) Javier Retana et al.   ECOLOGY

Sustainable development goals: Monitor ecosystem services from space

(2015) Anna F. Cord et al.   NATURE

Does morphology predict trophic position and habitat use of ant species and assemblages?

(2014) H. Gibb et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Role of Species Traits in Mediating Functional Recovery during Matrix Restoration

(2014) Andrew D. Barnes et al.   PLoS One

Whose conservation?

(2014) G. M. Mace   SCIENCE

Morphological traits: predictable responses to macrohabitats across a 300 km scale

(2014) Michelle L. Yates et al.   PeerJ

Fads, Funding, and Forgetting in Three Decades of Conservation

(2013) Kent H. Redford et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Incorporating continuous trait variation into biomonitoring assessments by measuring and assigning trait values to individuals or taxa

(2013) Jessica M. Orlofske et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Does Structural Complexity Determine the Morphology of Assemblages? An Experimental Test on Three Continents

(2013) Heloise Gibb et al.   PLoS One

Delivering on a promise: integrating species traits to transform descriptive community ecology into a predictive science

(2013) W. C. E. P. Verberk et al.   Freshwater Science

The seven impediments in invertebrate conservation and how to overcome them

(2011) Pedro Cardoso et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology

(2010) Colleen T. Webb et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Trait plasticity in species interactions: a driving force of community dynamics

(2010) Matty P. Berg et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Research needs in insect conservation and diversity

(2010) RAPHAEL K. DIDHAM et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Payment for Ecosystem Services and the Challenge of Saving Nature

(2009)   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY