Interpreting variation to advance predictive restoration science

LA Brudvig, RS Barak, JT Bauer… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration is a global priority that holds great potential for benefiting natural
ecosystems, but restoration outcomes are notoriously unpredictable. Resolving this …

Microbial biodiversity and plant functional trait interactions in multifunctional ecosystems

MM Nizamani, AC Hughes, S Qureshi, Q Zhang… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies have cast new light on the intricate interplay between microbial biodiversity
and plant functional traits, underscoring their pivotal roles in counteracting the adverse …

[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 traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning

F Van der Plas, T Schröder-Georgi, A Weigelt… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Earth is home to over 350,000 vascular plant species that differ in their traits in innumerable
ways. A key challenge is to predict how natural or anthropogenically driven changes in the …

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 …

Above-and belowground biodiversity drives soil multifunctionality along a long-term grassland restoration chronosequence

Y Guo, T Xu, J Cheng, G Wei, Y Lin - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Restoring degraded land is an efficient strategy for improving biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning. However, the effects of aboveground and belowground biodiversity on multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Incorporating functional traits into heavy metals phytoremediation: the future of field-based phytoremediation

Z Liang, A Neményi, GP Kovács, C Gyuricza - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is acknowledged as a sustainable solution for mitigating heavy metals
contamination in soils yet faces challenges in transitioning from laboratory experiments to …

Landscape context explains ecosystem multifunctionality in restored grasslands better than plant diversity

CR Zirbel, E Grman, T Bassett, LA Brudvig - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There is strong evidence for a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning at local spatial scales. However, how different aspects of biodiversity relate to …

Salicornia europaea L. Functional Traits Indicate Its Optimum Growth

S Cárdenas-Pérez, A Rajabi Dehnavi, K Leszczyński… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salicornia europaea L. grows in areas periodically flooded by salty or brackish water. It has
potential economic value, because it can be used as food, forage, or biofuel, and has …

Invertebrate functional traits and terrestrial nutrient cycling: Insights from a global meta‐analysis

MA McCary, OJ Schmitz - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits are useful for characterizing variation in community and ecosystem
dynamics. Most advances in trait‐based ecology to date centre on plant functional traits …