Trait-based approaches are an alternative to species-based approaches for functionally
linking individual organisms with community structure and dynamics. In the trait-based …

Forecasting productivity and stress across an ecosystem is complicated by the multiple
interactions between competing species, the unknown levels of intra‐and interspecific trait …

Background and aims Mined materials often require rehabilitation or ecological restoration
through revegetation as part of mine closure and relinquishment practices, yet there is a …

Background and aims Mine tailings are challenging substrates for ecological restoration, as
the establishment of diverse native plant communities can be constrained by a range of …

The role of trait trade‐offs and environmental filtering in explaining the variability in
functional traits and ecosystem processes has received considerable attention for vascular …

Aim Understanding how combinations of ecological traits at the community‐level vary with
environmental conditions is crucial to anticipate and respond to the biodiversity crisis. While …

Ecological modelling often involves addressing challenges such as dependence in
responses, eg, spatial and/or temporal correlation, heterogeneity of variance, and …

Empirical nutrient models that describe lake nutrient, productivity, and water clarity
relationships among lakes play a prominent role in limnology. Landscape‐based …

The investigation of leaf-level traits in response to varying environmental conditions has
immense importance for understanding plant ecology. Remote sensing technology enables …

The scope of spatial statistics problems arising in ecology is substantial. They concern both
plant and animal behavior. Here, we discuss only plants. The range of issues is still very …