Background Investigating the causes and consequences of intraspecific trait variation (ITV)
in plants is not novel, as it has long been recognized that such variation shapes biotic and …

Plant functional traits are powerful ecological tools, but the relationships between plant traits
and climate (or environmental variables more broadly) are often remarkably weak. This …

Biodiversity is defined by trait differences between organisms, and biologists have long
sought to predict associations among ecologically important traits. Why do some traits trade …

Drought‐induced tree mortality is projected to increase due to climate change, which will
have manifold ecological and societal impacts including the potential to weaken or reverse …

Trait variability in space and time allows plants to adjust to changing environmental
conditions. However, we know little about how this variability is distributed and coordinated …

Mycorrhizal fungi are critical members of the plant microbiome, forming a symbiosis with the
roots of most plants on Earth. Most plant species partner with either arbuscular or …

Drought‐related tree mortality is now a widespread phenomenon predicted to increase in
magnitude with climate change. However, the patterns of which species and trees are most …

Water must be transported long distances in tall plants, resulting in increasing hydraulic
resistance, which may place limitations on the maximum plant height (H max) in a given …

Trade‐offs among carbon sinks constrain how trees physiologically, ecologically, and
evolutionarily respond to their environments. These trade‐offs typically fall along a …

Resource‐use strategies are hypothesized to evolve along climatic gradients. However, our
understanding of the environmental factors driving divergent evolution of resource‐use …