Abstract Background In January 1972, Klaus Winter submitted his first paper on
crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) whilst still an undergraduate student in Darmstadt …

The contrasting hydraulic traits observed among different plant life forms are shaped by
entangled environmental and evolutionary processes. However, we lack understanding of …

Trait‐based ecology has already revealed main independent axes of trait variation defining
trait spaces that summarize plant adaptive strategies, but often ignoring intraspecific trait …

Background Woody bamboos are the only diverse large perennial grasses in mesic-wet
forests and are widely distributed in the understory and canopy. The functional trait …

Biodiversity appears to strongly suppress pathogens and pests in many plant and animal
systems. However, this “dilution effect” is not consistently detected, and when present can …

Despite inter-specific differences in hydraulic traits at broad scale have been
comprehensively studied, intra-specific hydraulic variability in situ is less well known. Which …

WRKY transcription factors (TFs) play crucial roles in responses to abiotic and biotic stresses
that significantly impact plant growth and development. Advancements in molecular biology …

Plant communities are composed of species that differ both in functional traits and
evolutionary histories. As species' functional traits partly result from their individual …

Functional traits are critical indicators for assessing and predicting plant environmental
adaptations and survival strategies. However, less attention has been paid to root functional …

Future climate change is expected to result in tree species shifting their geographic
distributions in ways that could reorganize species into assemblages with no contemporary …