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Species traits have been frequently used in ecological studies in an attempt to develop a general ecological framework linking biological communities ...

Functional traits offer promising avenues to investigate how community composition and diversity define ecosystem functioning and service delivery. In...

Seeding native plants is a key management practice to counter land degradation across the globe, yet the majority of seeding efforts fail, limiting ou...

Traditionally, restoration ecologists and land managers have used the trial-and-error method to select candidate restoration species. This method, how...

Ecological restoration schemes often assume that after reinstating appropriate abiotic conditions, plant communities will assemble following a single ...

Shade trees in agroforestry systems confer ecosystem services, such as enhanced soil fertility from diverse litter inputs, microclimate regulation via...

Functional trait-based ecological research has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of natural plant community dynamics. However, to date,...

Grazed pasture managers are increasingly being asked to enhance productivity while simultaneously reducing environmental impacts. Using plant traits t...

Recent research has highlighted the existence of significant intraspecific trait variation within and among populations of plant species. This inheren...

Defaunation and extinction undermine the resilience and functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems. Relative to other disturbances, overexpl...