The carbon balance of plants: economics, optimization, and trait spectra in a historical perspective

Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology

(2022) Tom W. N. Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

TOR kinase, a GPS in the complex nutrient and hormonal signaling networks to guide plant growth and development

(2022) Yanyan Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Net effects of life‐history traits explain persistent differences in abundance among similar species

(2022) Mike McWilliam et al.   ECOLOGY

Eco‐evolutionary optimality as a means to improve vegetation and land‐surface models

(2021) Sandy P. Harrison et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coordinated resource allocation to plant growth–defense tradeoffs

(2021) Russell K. Monson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment

(2019) Nicholas G. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

SnRK1 activation, signaling, and networking for energy homeostasis

(2019) Nathalie Crepin et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

(2019) Jens Kattge et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Trait correlation network analysis identifies biomass allocation traits and stem specific length as hub traits in herbaceous perennial plants

(2018) Michael Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

(2018) Helge Bruelheide et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Transitioning to the Next Phase: The Role of Sugar Signaling throughout the Plant Life Cycle

(2017) Astrid Wingler   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Layers of Plant Responses to Insect Herbivores

(2016) Meredith C. Schuman et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

TOR Signaling and Nutrient Sensing

(2016) Thomas Dobrenel et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

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

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

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

Predicting stomatal responses to the environment from the optimization of photosynthetic gain and hydraulic cost

(2016) John S. Sperry et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Optimal stomatal behavior with competition for water and risk of hydraulic impairment

(2016) Adam Wolf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types reduces the projected land carbon sink in an earth system model

(2015) Lieneke M. Verheijen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Leaf and stem economics spectra drive diversity of functional plant traits in a dynamic global vegetation model

(2015) Boris Sakschewski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Leaf economics of evergreen and deciduous tree species along an elevational gradient in a subtropical mountain

(2015) Kundong Bai et al.   AoB Plants

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

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How well do seed production traits correlate with leaf traits, whole-plant traits and plant ecological strategies?

(2014) Simon Pierce et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Linking plant and ecosystem functional biogeography

(2014) M. Reichstein et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Balancing the costs of carbon gain and water transport: testing a new theoretical framework for plant functional ecology

(2013) I. Colin Prentice et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Convergent energy and stress signaling

(2008) Elena Baena-González et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE