Plant Ecology

Citizen Science Plant Observations Encode Global Trait Patterns

Global maps of plant functional traits are essential for studying the dynamics of the terrestrial biosphere, yet the spatial …

Sophie Wolf, Miguel D. Mahecha, Francesco Maria Sabatini, Christian Wirth, Helge Bruelheide, Jens Kattge, Álvaro Moreno Martínez, Karin Mora

Climatic and Soil Factors Explain the Two-Dimensional Spectrum of Global Plant Trait Variation

Abstract Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are thus widely used in global models of …

Julia S. Joswig, Christian Wirth, Meredith C. Schuman, Jens Kattge, Björn Reu, Ian J. Wright, Sebastian D. Sippel, Nadja Rüger, Ronny Richter, Michael E. Schaepman, Peter M. Van Bodegom, J. H. C. Cornelissen, Sandra Díaz, Wesley N. Hattingh, Koen Kramer, Frederic Lens, Ülo Niinemets, Peter B. Reich, Markus Reichstein, Christine Römermann, Franziska Schrodt, Madhur Anand, Michael Bahn, Chaeho Byun, Giandiego Campetella, Bruno E. L. Cerabolini, Joseph M. Craine, Andres Gonzalez-Melo, Alvaro G. Gutiérrez, Tianhua He, Pedro Higuchi, Hervé Jactel, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Vanessa Minden, Vladimir Onipchenko, Josep Peñuelas, Valério D. Pillar, Enio Sosinski, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Evan Weiher, Miguel D. Mahecha

Climatic and Soil Factors Explain the Two-Dimensional Spectrum of Global Plant Trait Variation