Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem
services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest …

Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

ForestGEO is a network of scientists and long-term forest dynamics plots (FDPs) spanning
the Earth's major forest types. ForestGEO's mission is to advance understanding of the …

Numerous studies have shown reduced performance in plants that are surrounded by
neighbours of the same species,, a phenomenon known as conspecific negative density …

Forests are major components of the global carbon cycle, providing substantial feedback to
atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Our ability to understand and predict changes …

Bayesian modeling has become an indispensable tool for ecological research because it is
uniquely suited to deal with complexity in a statistically coherent way. This textbook provides …

Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Studies on tree communities have demonstrated that species diversity can enhance forest
productivity, but the driving mechanisms at the local neighbourhood level remain poorly …

The 'functional traits' of species have been heralded as promising predictors for species'
demographic rates and life history. Multiple studies have linked plant species' demographic …

Life‐history theory posits that trade‐offs between demographic rates constrain the range of
viable life‐history strategies. For coexisting tropical tree species, the best established …