Signaling pathways of seed size control in plants

N Li, Y Li - Current opinion in plant biology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Seed size is coordinately determined by maternal and zygotic tissues.•Several
signaling pathways of seed size control have been identified in Arabidopsis and rice.•The …

Why does phenology drive species distribution?

I Chuine - … Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite the numerous studies which have been conducted during the past decade on
species ranges and their relationship to the environment, our understanding of how …

[PDF][PDF] TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz - Global change biology, 2020‏ - figshare.utas.edu.au
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

G Kunstler, D Falster, DA Coomes, F Hui, RM Kooyman… - Nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
Phenotypic traits and their associated trade-offs have been shown to have globally
consistent effects on individual plant physiological functions,,, but how these effects scale up …

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

N Perez-Harguindeguy, S Diaz, E Garnier… - Australian Journal of …, 2016‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …

Global relationships in tree functional traits

DS Maynard, L Bialic-Murphy, CM Zohner… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Due to massive energetic investments in woody support structures, trees are subject to
unique physiological, mechanical, and ecological pressures not experienced by herbaceous …

Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass

FJ Thomson, AT Moles, TD Auld… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
It is often assumed that there is a trade‐off between maternal provisioning and dispersal
capacity, leading small‐seeded species to disperse further than large‐seeded species …

TRY–a global database of plant traits

J Kattge, S Diaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice… - Global change …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Global patterns in plant height

AT Moles, DI Warton, L Warman… - Journal of …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant height is a central part of plant ecological strategy. It is strongly correlated with life
span, seed mass and time to maturity, and is a major determinant of a species' ability to …

A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review

E Garnier, ML Navas - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2012‏ - Springer
Comparative functional ecology seeks to understand why and how ecological systems and
their components operate differently across environments. Although traditionally used in …