Not all traits are ‘functional’: insights from taxonomy and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

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

A functional trait perspective on plant invasion

(2012) Rebecca E. Drenovsky et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change

(2012) Akira S. Mori et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Comparison of morpho-functional phytoplankton classifications in human-impacted shallow lakes with different stable states

(2012) Irina Izaguirre et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Trait but not species convergence during plant community assembly in restored semi-natural grasslands

(2012) Kenny Helsen et al.   OIKOS

The influence of fire on phylogenetic and functional structure of woody savannas: Moving from species to individuals

(2012) Marcus V. Cianciaruso et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

How functional is functional? Ecological groupings in terrestrial animal ecology: towards an animal functional type approach

(2011) Niels Blaum et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Defining conservation priorities for freshwater fishes according to taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity

(2011) Angela L. Strecker et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem-function relationships

(2011) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY

Species traits predict assembly of mayfly and stonefly communities along pH gradients

(2011) Zlatko Petrin   OECOLOGIA

Why research on traits of invasive plants tells us very little

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

Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

(2010) Marie Vandewalle et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

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

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

A user's guide to functional diversity indices

(2010) D. Schleuter et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Can biological invertebrate traits resolve effects of multiple stressors on running water ecosystems?

(2010) BERNHARD STATZNER et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules

(2010) Maud A. Mouchet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Beyond taxonomy: a review of macroinvertebrate trait-based community descriptors as tools for freshwater biomonitoring

(2010) Salomé Menezes et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Including intraspecific variability in functional diversity

(2009) M. V. Cianciaruso et al.   ECOLOGY

Emerging horizons in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research

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

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa

(2008) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional identity is more important than diversity in influencing ecosystem processes in a temperate native grassland

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Species' traits and ecological functioning in marine conservation and management

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

Microbial Biogeography: From Taxonomy to Traits

(2008) J. L. Green et al.   SCIENCE