▪ Abstract As better phylogenetic hypotheses become available for many groups of
organisms, studies in community ecology can be informed by knowledge of the evolutionary …

Despite the disproportionate influence that propagule production, dispersal, seed‐to‐
seedling recruitment and vegetative reproduction can have on plant population and …

Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

A central goal of comparative plant ecology is to understand how functional traits vary
among species and to what extent this variation has adaptive value. Here we evaluate …

Background and Aims When ecologically important plant traits are correlated they may be
said to constitute an ecological 'strategy'dimension. Through identifying these dimensions …

▪ Abstract Vertebrate dispersal of fruits and seeds is a common feature of many modern
angiosperms and gymnosperms, yet the evolution and frequency of this feature in the fossil …

Summary 1 We examined among‐and within‐species effects of seed mass for seedling
establishment from seed to 5 years of age in a field experiment at Paracou, French Guiana …

We compare the distribution of reproductive traits in woody vegetation of 10 wet tropical
forests in northeastern Costa Rica. Based on quantitative sampling of seedlings, saplings …

Seed mass is considered to be an important attribute for the establishment success of plant
species being linked with their seed production, establishment, and survival. This meta …