Integrating functional traits into trophic rewilding science

J Atkinson, R Gallagher, S Czyżewski, M Kerr… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trophic rewilding is gaining rapid momentum as a means of restoration across the world.
Advances in research are elucidating the wide‐ranging effects of trophic rewilding and …

Microclimate explains little variation in year‐round decomposition across an Arctic tundra landscape

J von Oppen, JJ Assmann, AD Bjorkman… - Nordic Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Litter decomposition represents a major path for atmospheric carbon influx into Arctic soils,
thereby controlling below‐ground carbon accumulation. Yet, little is known about how tundra …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the utility of hyperspectral data to monitor local-scale β-diversity across space and time

JJ Everest, E Van Cleemput, AL Beamish… - Remote Sensing of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Plant functional traits are key drivers of ecosystem processes. However, plot-based
monitoring of functional composition across both large spatial and temporal extents is a time …

Temporal shifts in the functional composition of Andean forests at different elevations are driven by climate change

JA Martínez‐Villa, SM Durán, BJ Enquist… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Andean forests are a global biodiversity hotspot. They harbour many species living
within narrow climate ranges and a high functional diversity of trees. It remains still unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic structure and turnover between lowland and montane subtropical forests indicate differential community assembly processes, affected by …

C Güçlü, S Abbas, E Yung, LA Ashton - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Secondary forests represent an increasing proportion of global forest cover and offer a
range of ecosystem services that are integral to environmental policy targets. Highly …

Intraspecific and intraindividual trait variability decrease with tree species richness in a subtropical tree biodiversity experiment

P Castro Sanchez-Bermejo, CP Carmona… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Phenotypic variability within tree species responds to local tree species richness. However,
we lack evidence on how different sources of trait variation shape tree-tree interactions …

Extending the CWM approach to intraspecific trait variation: how to deal with overly optimistic standard tests?

D Zelený, K Helsen, YN Lee - Oecologia, 2024 - Springer
Community weighted means (CWMs) are widely used to study the relationship between
community-level functional traits and environment. For certain null hypotheses, CWM …