Trait-based ecology has improved our understanding of the functioning of organisms,
communities, ecosystems, and beyond. However, its predictive ability remains limited as …

Trees and other woody plants are immensely ecologically important, making it essential to
understand the causes of relationships between tree structure and function. To help these …

Ontogenetic shape change has long been recognized to be important in generating patterns
of morphological diversity and may be especially important in plant reproductive structures …

Image-based morphometric technology is broadly applicable to generate large-scale
phenomic datasets in ecological, genetic and morphological studies. However, little is …

Instead of leaves, in a few species the main photosynthetic organ is a flattened structure that
can be a modified branch (eg Ruscus, Jacksonia) or a fused combination of branch and leaf …

Greater diversity in functional morphology should be associated with the evolution of greater
ontogenetic diversity, an expectation difficult to test in most long-lived wild organisms. In the …

Since the 19th century, we have had countless debates, sometimes acrimonious, about the
nature of the gynoecium. A pivotal question has been whether all angiosperms possess …