On the development of a predictive functional trait approach for studying terrestrial arthropods

Trait-matching and mass effect determine the functional response of herbivore communities to land-use intensification

(2017) Gaëtane Le Provost et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Trait matching and phylogeny as predictors of predator-prey interactions involving ground beetles

(2017) Pierre-Marc Brousseau et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Microdiversity shapes the traits, niche space, and biogeography of microbial taxa

(2017) Alyse A. Larkin et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Leaf Litter Consumption by Macroarthropods and Burial of their Faeces Enhance Decomposition in a Mediterranean Ecosystem

(2016) Mathieu Coulis et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

A common framework for identifying linkage rules across different types of interactions

(2016) Ignasi Bartomeus et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

(2016) Marco Moretti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Circle the bandwagons - challenges mount against the theoretical foundations of applied functional trait and ecosystem service research

(2016) Raphael K. Didham et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2016) Catherine L. Parr et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Morphological traits are linked to the cold performance and distribution of bees along elevational gradients

(2016) Marcell K. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

(2016) Bill Shipley et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effects of long- and short-term management on the functional structure of meadows through species turnover and intraspecific trait variability

(2016) Martin Volf et al.   OECOLOGIA

The meaning of functional trait composition of food webs for ecosystem functioning

(2016) Dominique Gravel et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hairiness: the missing link between pollinators and pollination

(2016) Jamie R. Stavert et al.   PeerJ

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

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional dissimilarity across trophic levels as a driver of soil processes in a Mediterranean decomposer system exposed to two moisture levels

(2015) Mathieu Coulis et al.   OIKOS

Fast–slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide

(2015) Roberto Salguero-Gómez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inferring biotic interactions from proxies

(2015) Ignacio Morales-Castilla et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

So Many Variables: Joint Modeling in Community Ecology

(2015) David I. Warton et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology

(2014) Benjamin Pey et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Predicting ecosystem functions from biodiversity and mutualistic networks: an extension of trait-based concepts to plant-animal interactions

(2014) Matthias Schleuning et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Herbivore effect traits and their impact on plant community biomass: an experimental test using grasshoppers

(2014) Hélène Deraison et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor

(2014) Nathan J. B. Kraft et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

A Thesaurus for Soil Invertebrate Trait-Based Approaches

(2014) Benjamin Pey et al.   PLoS One

Temperature drives global patterns in forest biomass distribution in leaves, stems, and roots

(2014) P. B. Reich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

(2014) C. Violle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of litter-feeding macroarthropods in decomposition processes: A reappraisal of common views

(2014) J.F. David   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Dynamics of soil fauna after plantation of perennial energy crops on polluted soils

(2013) Mickaël Hedde et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Carabids.org - a dynamic online database of ground beetle species traits (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

(2013) Katharina Homburg et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Plant functional effects on ecosystem services

(2013) Sandra Lavorel   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Trait-based approaches to zooplankton communities

(2013) Elena Litchman et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services

(2013) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Inferring food web structure from predator-prey body size relationships

(2013) Dominique Gravel et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Improving the application of vertebrate trait-based frameworks to the study of ecosystem services

(2012) Gary W. Luck et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Functional morphology and bite performance of raptorial chelicerae of camel spiders (Solifugae)

(2012) A. van der Meijden et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Optimizing size thresholds in a plant–pollinator interaction web: towards a mechanistic understanding of ecological networks

(2012) Sébastien Ibanez   OECOLOGIA

Assembling an ant community: species functional traits reflect environmental filtering

(2012) Philipp T. Wiescher et al.   OECOLOGIA

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

(2012) Cyrille Violle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

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

Plasticity of life-cycle, physiological thermal traits and Hsp70 gene expression in an insect along the ontogeny: Effect of temperature variability

(2011) María Belén Arias et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology?

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

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

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

Morphological patterns and community organization in leaf-litter ant assemblages

(2010) Rogério R. Silva et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology

(2010) Colleen T. Webb et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Snail and millipede complementarity in decomposing Mediterranean forest leaf litter mixtures

(2010) Tatiana De Oliveira et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity–productivity relationship

(2010) Dominique Gravel et al.   NATURE

Incorporating traits in aquatic biomonitoring to enhance causal diagnosis and prediction

(2010) Joseph M Culp et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Toward a knowledge infrastructure for traits-based ecological risk assessment

(2010) Donald J Baird et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Locomotion in ground beetles (Coleoptera carabidae): An interpretation of leg structure in functional terms

(2009) T. G. Forsythe   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Combining plant and animal traits to assess community functional responses to disturbance

(2008) Marco Moretti et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Short term and long term effects of bibionid (Diptera: Bibionidae) larvae feeding on microbial respiration and alder litter decomposition

(2008) J. Frouz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

The role of behavior in evolution: a search for mechanism

(2008) Renée A. Duckworth   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Species' traits and ecological functioning in marine conservation and management

(2008) J. Bremner   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Evolutionary history and the effect of biodiversity on plant productivity

(2008) M. W. Cadotte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA