Contemporary climate change is having widespread impacts on plant populations.
Understanding how plants respond to this change is essential to our efforts to conserve …

Local adaptation is a critical evolutionary process that allows plants to grow better in their
local compared to non‐native habitat and results in species‐wide geographic patterns of …

Intraspecific trait variation has been singled out as an important mechanism by which
individuals can cope with environmental variations and avoid local extinctions. Here we …

Variation in leaf morphology is correlated with environmental variables, such as
precipitation, temperature and soil composition. Several studies have pointed out that …

Seed traits related to recruitment can directly affect plant fitness and persistence. Phenotypic
variability in seed traits among populations could increase species resilience and reduce …

Background: Variation in leaf morphology is an important indicator of how plants respond to
different environmental conditions. Leaf trait variation is associated with physiological …

Bamboo is one of the most important forest resources, widely distributed throughout
subtropical and tropical regions. Many studies have focused on bamboo functional trait …

Oaks are a dominant woody plant genus in the northern hemisphere that occupy a wide
range of habitats and are ecologically diverse. We implemented a functional trait approach …

Aim Stressful environments, like those at the limits of species ranges, are closely associated
with the selective establishment of particular traits, yet the mechanisms behind this …

Calophyllum (Calophyllaceae), previously placed in Clusiaceae, is easily recognizable by
its opposite entire leaves with close parallel venation alternating with resin canals. However …