Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

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

In a living tree crown, the surface expands from year to year and the limbs of the tree thicken,
as a consequence of primary and secondary growth. An epiphytic plant fixed on a bark …

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

Seed dispersal is an essential, yet often overlooked process in plant ecology and evolution,
affecting adaptation capacity, population persistence and invasiveness. A species' ability to …

Questions How do community‐weighted means of traits (CWM) and functional dispersion
(FD is), a measure of trait variability, change in response to gradients of temperature …

The question whether the strategies of above‐and belowground plant organs are
coordinated as predicted by the plant economics spectrum theory is still under debate. We …

Canopy ecosystems provide a wide range of ecosystem services, but because they are
difficult to access, knowledge about their conservation is limited. Yakushima World Heritage …

Epiphytes are structurally-dependent plants which grow on other plants without taking
nourishment from them. Phylogenetic and ecophysiological differences divide them into non …

Seasonal forests are characterized by seasonal dynamics that influence the growth and
ecophysiology of forest species. Erythroxylum pauferrense is an understory species …