Tropical forests are being deforested worldwide, and the remaining fragments are suffering
from biomass and biodiversity erosion. Quantifying this erosion is challenging because …

Seed is the reproductive body of spermatophytes, and its resource devotion has a direct
effect on the offspring fitness and the renewal of vegetation community. Generally, larger …

There is growing recognition that classifying terrestrial plant species on the basis of their
function (into'functional types') rather than their higher taxonomic identity, is a promising way …

It was predicted that relationships of leaf mass per area (LMA) with juvenile shade tolerance
will depend on leaf habit, and on whether species are compared at a common age as young …

The ecology of seed size is discussed with reference to different measurements of seed size,
seed size in relation to dormancy and seed banks, community patterns of seed size …

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to Plant Population Biology continues
the approach taken by its highly successful predecessors. Ecological and genetic principles …

A central goal of comparative plant ecology is to understand how functional traits vary
among species and to what extent this variation has adaptive value. Here we evaluate …

We tested whether and how functional composition changes with succession in dry
deciduous and wet evergreen forests of Mexico. We hypothesized that compositional …

Negative density-dependent recruitment of seedlings, that is, seeds of a given species are
less likely to become established seedlings if the density of that species is high, has been …

Seed mass is correlated with a number of other plant traits, including dispersal mode, growth
form and specific leaf area. Specific leaf area is the main determinant of potential relative …