Climate change is expected to lead to more frequent, intense and longer droughts in the
future, with major implications for ecosystem processes and human livelihoods. The impacts …

The cerrado is the most extensive savanna ecosystem of South America and a biodiversity
hotspot, harboring a diverse flora (> 7,000 species) with high levels of endemism. More than …

Forests in S outheast A sia are rapidly being logged and converted to oil palm. These
changes in land‐use are known to affect species diversity but consequences for the …

Seasonal forests and savannas often occur side by side in Neotropical landscapes, so it is
possible to find plant species in both or in just one of these two contrasting habitats. But …

Assembly of grassland communities has long been scrutinized through the lens of functional
diversity. Studies generally point to an overwhelming influence of climate on observed …

The current definition of a functional trait as any trait that is linked to growth, reproduction
and survival is problematic. With this logic all traits within an organism can be defined as …

Upscaling trait‐based restoration to regional levels is necessary as we enter the UN Decade
on Ecosystem Restoration. For this, we need to select species that achieve functional targets …

Question Grazing is an important disturbance for maintenance of structure and functioning of
the plant communities in grassy ecosystems. Functional characteristics of plants, which are …

One of the fundamental challenges in ecology is to identify the signature of assembly
mechanisms resulting from patterns of community composition. For this purpose, the trait …

Questions What is the magnitude of between‐species trait variability (BSV) and within‐
species trait variability (WSV) of specific leaf area (SLA) in a sapling meta‐community? To …