Functional trait diversity maximizes ecosystem multifunctionality

Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

(2016) James B. Grace et al.   NATURE

Evaluating Functional Diversity: Missing Trait Data and the Importance of Species Abundance Structure and Data Transformation

(2016) Maria Májeková et al.   PLoS One

Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

(2016) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   Nature Communications

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The importance of litter traits and decomposers for litter decomposition: a comparison of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems within and across biomes

(2015) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands

(2015) Enrique Valencia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck et al.   Nature Communications

Functional equivalence, competitive hierarchy and facilitation determine species coexistence in highly invaded grasslands

(2014) Nicolas Gross et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: what's known and what's next?

(2014) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   OIKOS

Going underground: root traits as drivers of ecosystem processes

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

(2013) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   NATURE

Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: challenges and solutions

(2013) Jarrett E. K. Byrnes et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Habitat filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients

(2012) Vincent Maire et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

(2012) F. T. Maestre et al.   SCIENCE

TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

Advances, challenges and a developing synthesis of ecological community assembly theory

(2011) E. Weiher et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

(2011) David Mouillot et al.   PLoS One

Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology

(2011) Daniel I. Bolnick et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

(2010) S. W. Kembel et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Opposing effects of competitive exclusion on the phylogenetic structure of communities

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

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

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

Linking individual response to biotic interactions with community structure: a trait-based framework

(2009) Nicolas Gross et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The importance of niches for the maintenance of species diversity

(2009) Jonathan M. Levine et al.   NATURE

Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research

(2009) Julia Reiss et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS INCREASE THE IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY FOR OVERALL ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING

(2008) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2008) N. J. B. Kraft et al.   SCIENCE