Functional Diversity — at the Crossroads between Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Filters

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Importance of species abundance for assessment of trait composition: an example based on pollinator communities (2007, background): “The functional trait composition in a community is likely to be the most relevant biotic factor affecting ecosystem functioning (Diaz et al. 2007).”
A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review (2012, methodology): “Contrasting with these results in support of the BRH, Díaz et al. (2007a) found that ANPP and above-ground SNPP were both unrelated to any CWM in French subalpine grasslands, but were dependent on an index of nitrogen limitation.”
Plant traits related to competition: how do they shape the functional diversity of communities? (2009, background): “First, competition-related traits must be carefully selected (Petchey and Gaston 2006) to encompass the dual nature of FD (Diaz et al. 2007): traits must depict the response of plants to the filtering effect of competition and/or the competitive effect of a plant on community assembly.”