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Understanding the value of plant diversity for ecosystem functioning through niche theory

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Tragedies and Crops: Understanding Natural Selection To Improve Cropping Systems

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Competitive interactions between forest trees are driven by species' trait hierarchy, not phylogenetic or functional similarity: implications for forest community assembly

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Refining the stress-gradient hypothesis for competition and facilitation in plant communities

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The utility of crop genetic diversity in maintaining ecosystem services

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