Questions We investigated some commonly held assumptions of community assembly
theory needed to provide accurate predictions of changes in plant species assemblages …

Despite widespread focus on interspecific variation in trait‐based ecology, there is growing
evidence that intraspecific trait variability can play a fundamental role in plant community …

Species respond to changes in their environments. A core goal in ecology is to understand
the process of plant community assembly in response to a changing climate. Examining the …

Plant communities can respond to environmental changes by altering their species
composition and by individuals (within species) adjusting their physiology. These responses …

Question In plant communities, the presence of a species has consequences for other
species, with some being competitively excluded while others benefit from the close vicinity …

Despite increasing evidence of the importance of intraspecific trait variation in plant
communities, its role in community trait responses to environmental variation, particularly …

Environmental filtering and niche differentiation are processes proposed to drive community
assembly, generating nonrandom patterns in community trait distributions. Despite the …

The physical and biotic environment is often considered the primary driver of functional
variation in plant communities. Here, we examine the hypothesis that spatial isolation may …

Most plant biomass allocation studies have focused on allocation to shoots versus roots, and
little is known about drivers of allocation for aboveground plant organs. We explored the …

Functional trait‐based approaches have seen rapid development in community ecology and
biogeography in recent years, as they promise to offer a better mechanistic and predictive …