… of species in the next higher and lower trophic levels. Finally, using these case studies, we
… by linking functional traits, community-level interactions and ecosystem functioning through …

… of plant functional traits, either the search of trade-offs among traits or the search of trait
trends along environmental gradients, may be addressed at species and community level. …

… on the functional components of biodiversity. We used five plant functional traits (vegetative …
to model several indices depicting communitylevel patterns of functional traits from a set of …

… We assert that community ecology should return to an emphasis on four … by functional traits
within the context of abiotic environmental gradients; and how the interaction between traits …

… However, testing how community-level functional traits vary in response to ecological … or
plot) level, whereas functional traits are measured at the species level. This means that values of …

… to understand how the functional traits of species could predict community response to
environmental change and the effects of changes in community composition on ecosystem …

… From January to April 2010, we collected functional trait data from five replicate individuals
of 15 common species occurring in the manipulative field experiment (Table 1). Individuals …

… traits to broaden the applicability of functional traits to macroecology. Ecosystem traits are …
adaptation and the optimization function of organisms at whole community or ecosystem, …

… incorporating functional trait information into analyses of community composition … functional
traits. If so, this would suggest one of two things. First, there may be additional functional traits …

… through selection on their functional traits. Predicting this assembly … community level and
because the functional traits' significance is environment dependent. We analyzed community …