Linking functional diversity and ecosystem processes: A framework for using functional diversity metrics to predict the ecosystem impact of functionally unique species

Linking multidimensional functional diversity to quantitative methods: a graphical hypothesis-evaluation framework

(2016) Kate S. Boersma et al.   ECOLOGY

Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition

(2016) Genevieve E. Finerty et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linking the impacts of plant invasion on community functional structure and ecosystem properties

(2016) Pilar Castro-Díez et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Invasive species’ leaf traits and dissimilarity from natives shape their impact on nitrogen cycling: a meta-analysis

(2016) Marissa R. Lee et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants

(2015) Mark van Kleunen et al.   NATURE

piecewiseSEM: Piecewise structural equation modelling inr for ecology, evolution, and systematics

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck   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

What explains variation in the impacts of exotic plant invasions on the nitrogen cycle? A meta-analysis

(2013) P. Castro-Díez et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional diversity: a tool for answering challenging ecological questions

(2013) Norman W. H. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Impact of plant invasions on functional diversity in the vegetation of Central Europe

(2013) Martin Hejda et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Microbial communities may modify how litter quality affects potential decomposition rates as tree species migrate

(2013) Ashley D. Keiser et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

A functional trait perspective on plant invasion

(2012) Rebecca E. Drenovsky et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

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

Bias and error in understanding plant invasion impacts

(2012) Philip E. Hulme et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

(2012) David Mouillot et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems

(2011) Montserrat Vilà et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment

(2011) Petr Pyšek et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Species Gains and Losses

(2011) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Ecosystem Consequences of Biological Invasions

(2010) Joan G. Ehrenfeld   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional differences between native and alien species: a global-scale comparison

(2010) Alejandro Ordonez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A meta-analysis of trait differences between invasive and non-invasive plant species

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Punching above their weight: low-biomass non-native plant species alter soil properties during primary succession

(2009) Duane A. Peltzer et al.   OIKOS

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

(2008) Sébastien Villéger et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Resource availability influences the diversity of a functional group of heterotrophic soil bacteria

(2008) Silke Langenheder et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Why forests appear resistant to exotic plant invasions: intentional introductions, stand dynamics, and the role of shade tolerance

(2008) Patrick H Martin et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

Altered ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles by plant invasion: a meta-analysis

(2007) Chengzhang Liao et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST