Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient

Evidence for a ‘plant community economics spectrum’ driven by nutrient and water limitations in a Mediterranean rangeland of southern France

(2013) Ignacio M. Pérez-Ramos et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long-term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity

(2012) Norman W. H. Mason et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Inter-specific and intra-specific trait variation along short environmental gradients in an old-growth temperate forest

(2012) Sébastien Auger et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The return of the variance: intraspecific variability in community ecology

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

Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

(2011) Jan Lepš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Individual-scale variation, species-scale differences: inference needed to understand diversity

(2011) James S. Clark et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Within- and Across-Species Responses of Plant Traits and Litter Decomposition to Elevation across Contrasting Vegetation Types in Subarctic Tundra

(2011) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   PLoS One

Community and ecosystem effects of intraspecific genetic diversity in grassland microcosms of varying species diversity

(2010) Jason D. Fridley et al.   ECOLOGY

How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait-based ecology

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A multi-trait approach reveals the structure and the relative importance of intra- vs. interspecific variability in plant traits

(2010) Cécile Hélène Albert et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variability and trait-based community assembly

(2010) Vincent Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Intraspecific functional variability: extent, structure and sources of variation

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

Interactive effects of vegetation type and elevation on aboveground and belowground properties in a subarctic tundra

(2010) Maja K. Sundqvist et al.   OIKOS

Individuals and the Variation Needed for High Species Diversity in Forest Trees

(2010) J. S. Clark   SCIENCE

Intra-specific variability and the competition–colonisation trade-off: coexistence, abundance and stability patterns

(2010) Benoit Courbaud et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Quantifying the relevance of intraspecific trait variability for functional diversity

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Variation in leaf functional trait values within and across individuals and species: an example from a Costa Rican dry forest

(2009) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Importance of abiotic stress as a range-limit determinant for European plants: insights from species responses to climatic gradients

(2009) Signe Normand et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2009) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Punching above their weight: low-biomass non-native plant species alter soil properties during primary succession

(2009) Duane A. Peltzer et al.   OIKOS

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Context dependent effects of plant species and functional group loss on vegetation invasibility across an island area gradient

(2008) David A. Wardle et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Resource partitioning for soil phosphorus: a hypothesis

(2008) Benjamin L. Turner   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Predicting global change impacts on plant species’ distributions: Future challenges

(2007) Wilfried Thuiller et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS