As global climate conditions continue to change, disturbance regimes and environmental
drivers will continue to shift, impacting global vegetation dynamics. Following a period of …

Forests harbour large spatiotemporal heterogeneity in canopy structure. This variation drives
the microclimate and light availability at the forest floor. So far, we do not know how light …

Forest understories play a vital role in ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem
services. However, the extent to which environmental conditions drive dominant ecological …

Plant biomass storage and its allocation reflect the ecosystem productivity and adaptation to
different environments. Understory vegetation is a significant component of any forest …

As a large and persistent carbon sink, forest soils have an essential role in the carbon cycle,
thus performing valuable services to society. This paper aims to investigate the role of …

In macroecology, shifting from coarse-to local-scale explanatory factors is crucial for
understanding how global change impacts functional diversity (FD). Plants possess diverse …

Predictions of how vegetation responds to spatial and temporal differences in climate rely on
established links with plant functional traits and vegetation types that can be encoded into …

Understanding how vegetation composition and diversity respond to global changes is
crucial for effective ecosystem management and conservation. This study evaluated shifts in …

Evolutionary history and environmental filtering shape the phylogenetic and functional
structure of regional assemblages. However, detecting the footprint of such eco‐evolutionary …

Forest understorey plants are sensitive to light availability, and different species groups can
respond differently to changing light conditions. A plant trait tightly linked to light capture is …