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 …

The Neotropics are the most species-rich area of the planet. Understanding the origin and
maintenance of this diversity is an important goal of ecology and evolutionary biology …

Tropical forests shelter the highest species diversity worldwide, although genus diversity is
lower than expected. In the species‐rich genera, species complexes are composed of …

Addressing the intraspecific variability of functional traits helps understand how climate
change might influence the distribution of organismal traits across environments, but this is …

Elucidating changes in the structure and function of plant communities along different
elevation ranges will help researchers to analyze the strategies plant communities use in …

Leaves are the most important photosynthetic organs in plants. Understanding the growth
strategy of leaves in different habitats is crucial for elucidating the mechanisms underlying …

Plant functional traits offer ecologists quantifiable characteristics that may be used to
determine the underlying mechanisms and drivers of processes at scales ranging from …

The study of plant functional traits and variation among and within species can help
illuminate functional coordination and trade-offs in key processes that allow plants to grow …

Exploring the adaptation strategies of plants in alpine regions could provide reliable
suggestions for plant conservation. As an irreplaceable organ, leaf functional traits and …

The interspecific relationship between functional traits and tree seedling performance can
be inconsistent, potentially due to site-to-site or microsite variation in environmental …