How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait-based ecology.

By J. Messier, Brian J. McGill, M. Lechowicz. Ecology Letters, 2010

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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TRY – a global database of plant traits (2011, background): “…variation at single locations is a relatively new approach (Albert et al., 2010a, b; Baraloto et al., 2010; Hulshof & Swenson, 2010; Jung et al., 2010b; Messier et al., 2010), and it may therefore be shown that trait variability under natural conditions is underesti- mated in the current dataset.”
Patterns in intraspecific variation in root traits are species‐specific along an elevation gradient (2020, background): “…most studies have focused on intraspecific variation in leaf traits (e.g., Albert et al., 2010; Anderson & Gezon, 2015; Kichenin et al., 2013; Messier et al., 2010; Read et al., 2017), whereas intraspecific trait variation of roots may be of equal importance, since plant performance depends…”
Functional richness: Overview of indices and underlying concepts (2018, background): “…trait variability (ITV) in the assessment of the functional richness of communities, because traits vary among genotypes within species and according to the environmental conditions (Laughlin & Laughlin 2013, Messier et al. 2010, Albert et al. 2010, Clark et al. 2011, Auger and Shipley 2013).”
A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. (2015, neutral): “Recently, empirical studies have quantified the relative amount of ITV compared to interspecific variation for various plant functional traits and communities (e.g. Jung et al. 2010; Messier et al. 2010; Lepš et al. 2011; Auger & Shipley 2012).”
Scaling from Traits to Ecosystems: Developing a General Trait Driver Theory via Integrating Trait-Based and Metabolic Scaling Theories (2015, background): “trait variation (Messier et al., 2010) and that relying on species mean trait values may not provide a robust measure of the shape of a trait distributions (Violle et al.”