Functional traits, convergent evolution, and periodic tables of niches

External morphology explains the success of biological invasions

(2014) Ernesto Azzurro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Then-dimensional hypervolume

(2014) Benjamin Blonder et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Fish Functional Traits Correlated with Environmental Variables in a Temperate Biodiversity Hotspot

(2014) Benjamin P. Keck et al.   PLoS One

Characterizing scale-dependent community assembly using the functional-diversity–area relationship

(2013) Adam B. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional and phylogenetic similarity of alien plants to co-occurring natives

(2013) Alejandro Ordonez   ECOLOGY

Convergent structure of multitrophic communities over three continents

(2013) Simon T. Segar et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The ecology of differences: assessing community assembly with trait and evolutionary distances

(2013) Marc Cadotte et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phenotypic clines, energy balances and ecological responses to climate change

(2013) Lauren B. Buckley et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Metabolic ecology

(2013) Murray M. Humphries et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The intrinsic dimensionality of plant traits and its relevance to community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecological periodic tables: in principle and practice

(2013) Steven P. Ferraro   OIKOS

Exceptional Convergence on the Macroevolutionary Landscape in Island Lizard Radiations

(2013) D. L. Mahler et al.   SCIENCE

Advances in modeling trait-based plant community assembly

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

Evaluating life-history strategies of reef corals from species traits

(2012) Emily S. Darling et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Assessing species and community functional responses to environmental gradients: which multivariate methods?

(2012) Michael Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

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

Life history theory predicts fish assemblage response to hydrologic regimes

(2011) Meryl C. Mims et al.   ECOLOGY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

Local and regional ecological morphology of dung beetle assemblages across four biogeographic regions

(2011) Daegan J. G. Inward et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Why research on traits of invasive plants tells us very little

(2011) Ken Thompson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ecological periodic tables for nekton usage of four US Pacific Northwest estuarine habitats

(2010) Steven P. Ferraro et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Assemblage patterns of fish functional groups relative to habitat connectivity and conditions in floodplain lakes

(2010) S. Miyazono et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

Fish Traits: A Database of Ecological and Life-history Traits of Freshwater Fishes of the United States

(2010) Emmanual A. Frimpong et al.   FISHERIES

Developing linkages between species traits and multiscaled environmental variation to explore vulnerability of stream benthic communities to climate change

(2010) N. LeRoy Poff et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Modelling the ecological niche from functional traits

(2010) M. Kearney et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time

(2009) Jane Elith et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Coccinellids in diverse communities: Which niche fits?

(2009) William E. Snyder   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Convergence of temperate and tropical stream fish assemblages

(2009) Carla Ibañez et al.   ECOGRAPHY

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

(2009) Mark van Kleunen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A community-level test of the leaf-height-seed ecology strategy scheme in relation to grazing conditions

(2009) Carly Golodets et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Hutchinson's duality: The once and future niche

(2009) R. K. Colwell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Niches and distributional areas: Concepts, methods, and assumptions

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

Bringing the Hutchinsonian niche into the 21st century: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives

(2009) R. D. Holt   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Evolution of Animal Weapons

(2008) Douglas J. Emlen   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Insect Herbivore Nutrient Regulation

(2008) Spencer T. Behmer   Annual Review of Entomology

TESTING THE SPECIES TRAITS–ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS: THE FOURTH-CORNER PROBLEM REVISITED

(2008) Stéphane Dray et al.   ECOLOGY

CONTINUOUS AND ARRESTED MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN SISTER CLADES OF CHARACIFORM FISHES: A PHYLOMORPHOSPACE APPROACH

(2008) Brian Sidlauskas   EVOLUTION

On the identification of the most suitable traits for plant functional trait analyses

(2008) Markus Bernhardt-Römermann et al.   OIKOS

Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs

(2008) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   SCIENCE