Interspecific variation in functional traits, not climatic differences among species ranges, determines demographic rates across 44 temperate and Mediterranean tree species

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Linking functional traits and demographic rates in a subtropical tree community: the importance of size dependency (2014, background): “The majority of published studies employ species functional traits and demographic rates for a certain size class or quantify an average trait or rate from a wide range of size classes (Poorter et al. 2008; Martinez-Vilalta et al. 2010; Wright et al. 2010 but see McMahon, Metcalf & Woodall 2011).”
On the link between functional traits and growth rate: meta‐analysis shows effects change with plant size, as predicted (2016, background): “…2009; Chave et al. 2009; Coomes et al. 2009; Easdale & Healey 2009; Rossatto et al. 2009; Salda~na-Acosta, Meave & S anchez-Vel asquez 2009; Mart ınez-Vilalta et al. 2010; Chaturvedi, Raghubanshi & Singh 2011, 2014; H erault et al. 2011; Read et al. 2011; Westbrook et al. 2011; Fan et al.…”
Seed and seedling traits affecting critical life stage transitions and recruitment outcomes in dryland grasses (2015, background): “While links have emerged between traits and abundance at larger scales (e.g. species distribution and community assembly (Cornwell & Ackerly 2010; Lalibert e et al. 2012), efforts to link traits to underlying demographic patterns have been limited, focusing almost exclusively on a handful of well-st”