Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are
thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still …

Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

Earth is home to a remarkable diversity of plant forms and life histories, yet comparatively
few essential trait combinations have proved evolutionarily viable in today's terrestrial …

Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

A large body of research shows that biodiversity loss can reduce ecosystem functioning.
However, much of the evidence for this relationship is drawn from biodiversity–ecosystem …

Widespread land degradation has strengthened the urgent need to restore overgrazing
grasslands. China has implemented the program 'Returning Grazing Land to …

Here we provide the 'Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset', containing
species mean values for six vascular plant traits. Together, these traits–plant height, stem …

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Many dehesa zones in marginal areas are suffering from the abandonment of traditional
farming practices. Herbivore grazing affects grassland dynamics, changing the species …

Outside controlled experimental plots, the impact of community attributes on primary
productivity has rarely been compared to that of individual species. Here, we identified plant …