Background Investigating the causes and consequences of intraspecific trait variation (ITV)
in plants is not novel, as it has long been recognized that such variation shapes biotic and …

Research over the past decade has shown that quantifying spatial variation in ecosystem
properties is an effective approach to investigating the effects of environmental change on …

Major dimensions of plant ecological strategies have been widely studied bringing forward
the concept of 'economic spectra'of plants. Sexual reproductive traits,'floral traits', have been …

One of JP Grime's greatest achievements was demonstrating the importance of the
relationship between the environment and plant functional traits for understanding …

Aim Understanding tree mortality under climate change‐induced droughts requires
knowledge of hydraulic trait distribution across environmental gradients. The spatial …

Coastal ecosystems provide important services to human population, such as nurseries for
fish, carbon storage and coastal protection. However, the pressure faced by these systems …

The rationale behind trait-based ecology is that shifting focus from species' taxonomic
names to their measurable characteristics ('functional traits') leads to greater generality and …

The remarkable phytogeographic characteristics of the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) resulted
in a vegetation domain composed of plants with high structural and functional diversity to …

Integrating traits across above‐and belowground organs offers comprehensive insights into
plant ecology, but their various functions also increase model complexity. This study aimed …

Trait based ecology has developed fast in the last decades, aiming to both explain
mechanisms of community assembly, and predict patterns in nature, such as the effects of …