Plant trait data have been used in various studies related to ecosystem functioning,
community ecology, and assessment of ecosystem services. Evidences are that plant …

Summary 1 Interpreting the functional diversity of vegetation is important in unravelling the
relationship between environmental change, community composition and ecosystem …

Rigorous and widely applicable indicators of biodiversity are needed to monitor the
responses of ecosystems to global change and design effective conservation schemes …

In recent years, the application of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing in
grassland ecosystem monitoring has increased, and the application directions have …

How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that the temporal stability of communities
typically increases with diversity. The counterview to this is that dominant species, rather …

According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, common indicators are needed to
monitor the loss of biodiversity and the implications for the sustainable provision of …

In biodiversity conservation of agriculture‐driven landscapes, grasslands have an
outstanding importance; their conservation became a top priority both in research and …

植物多样性是生态系统结构和功能的基础, 气候变化已对其产生了深刻的影响, 甚至于严重威胁.
植物多样性的减少或丧失必然会影响生态系统结构和功能的稳定性, 导致严重的生态 …

Questions: Trait differentiation among species occurs at different spatial scales within a
region. How does the partitioning of functional diversity help to identify different community …