Leaf chlorophyll plays an essential role in controlling photosynthesis, physiological activities
and forest health. In this study, the performance of Sentinel-2 and RapidEye satellite data …

Species diversity promotes the delivery of multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality).
However, the relative functional importance of rare and common species in driving the …

Decomposition is a key ecosystem process that determines nutrient and carbon cycling.
Individual leaf and litter characteristics are good predictors of decomposition rates within …

Questions One central assumption of trait screening approaches in comparative plant
ecology, ie simultaneous measurement of traits on a large number of species or populations …

Agriculture since the 1950s has shown pronounced trends toward specialisation and
intensification. Intensive measures have been taken for crop protection against pests …

Aim Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems serve as reference laboratories for the
investigation of global change because of their transitional climate, the high spatiotemporal …

Here we provide the 'Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset', containing
species mean values for six vascular plant traits. Together, these traits–plant height, stem …

Land-use intensification leads to species loss and shifts in community composition, but only
few studies examine how these dynamics affect ecological and life-history traits. We thus …

Understanding how plant communities respond to temporal patterns of precipitation in water‐
limited ecosystems is necessary to predict interannual variation and trends in ecosystem …

Despite considerable interest in the application of plant functional traits to questions of
community assembly and ecosystem structure and function, there is no consensus on the …