Predicting the fate of coastal marshes requires understanding how plants respond to rapid
environmental change. Environmental change can elicit shifts in trait variation attributable to …

The number of invaders and the timing of invasion are recognized as key determinants of
successful invasions. Despite the recognized importance of “propagule pressure,” invasion …

Intraspecific diversity, particularly of foundation species, can significantly affect population,
community, and ecosystem processes. Examining how genetic diversity relates to …

Environmental heterogeneity of various kinds can promote species coexistence. We
hypothesized that greater genetic diversity of a competitively dominant species in a plant …

Plant responses to drought are often initiated at the molecular level and cascade upwards to
affect physiology and growth. How plants respond to and recover from drought have …

While the relationship between genetic diversity and plant productivity has been established
for many species, it is unclear whether environmental conditions and biotic associations …

Aims Species-rich plant communities are more resistant to invasions. In the past decade it
was demonstrated that genetic variation also has many ecological effects. In our study we …

Intraspecific diversity has widespread effects on ecological communities and ecosystems. To
elucidate the mechanisms underlying these effects, manipulative studies require a rigorous …

Rapid global environmental change threatens the state and fate of the Earth's ecosystems.
Understanding how organisms respond to global environmental change is important to …

Ecosystem functioning is affected positively by increased biodiversity, through
complementary functions of multiple species or because high-functioning species are more …