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(2016) Kris R. Kramer-Walter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of a root economics spectrum related to carbon economy

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Does the stress-gradient hypothesis hold water? Disentangling spatial and temporal variation in plant effects on soil moisture in dryland systems

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The ImageJ ecosystem: An open platform for biomedical image analysis

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Using trait and phylogenetic diversity to evaluate the generality of the stress-dominance hypothesis in eastern North American tree communities

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Ecohydrology of Adjacent Sagebrush and Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems: The Consequences of Climate Change and Disturbance

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

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New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

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

(2013) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A functional comparative approach to facilitation and its context dependence

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Root and leaf functional trait relations in Poaceae species: implications of differing resource-acquisition strategies

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The biogeography and filtering of woody plant functional diversity in North and South America

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Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

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(2011) Steven W. Kembel et al.   PLoS One

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(2010) Margaret M. Mayfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems

(2010) Guofang Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Regeneration niche differentiates functional strategies of desert woody plant species

(2010) Bradley J. Butterfield et al.   OECOLOGIA

Community assembly and shifts in plant trait distributions across an environmental gradient in coastal California

(2009) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Causes and consequences of variation in leaf mass per area (LMA): a meta-analysis

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Morphological traits and water use strategies in seedlings of Mediterranean coexisting species

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

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Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest

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