Plant functional traits are thought to drive variation in primary productivity. However, there is a lack of work examining how dominant species identity affects trait-productivity relationships. The productivity of 12 pasture mixtures was determined in a 3-year field experiment. The mixtures were based on either the winter-active ryegrass (Lolium perenne) or winter-dormant tall fescue (Festuca ...

Functional diversity is a critical component driving ecosystem functioning. Spatially explicit data of plant functional traits and are essential for understanding biodiversity effects on Here we retrieved three morphological (95th quantile height, leaf area index, foliage height diversity) physiological (chlorophyll + b content, specific area, equivalent water thickness) from airborne laser sca...

The Grime (1974) CSR framework posits that ecological strategies of competition, stress tolerance and ruderal reflect plants’ adaptability to their survival environments. Karst forests are crucial for terrestrial ecosystem functions. However, how karst regulate plant functional traits in strategy adapt infertile habitats remains unclear. Therefore, we surveyed fifty-three forest plots measured ...

Although several studies have identified the effects of functional trait diversity (FTD) and/or identity, i.e. community-weighted mean (CWM) a trait, on aboveground biomass (AGB) along abiotic conditions, these AGB in global forest metacommunities are still largely unexplored. Here, we modelled (i.e. climate, soil and plot physical conditions) biotic [i.e. FTD, CWM conservative traits (CWMCT), ...

Questions While positive effects of tree diversity on community biomass have often been reported in mature stands, the debate whether may be detectable at seedling level persists, with opposing outcomes found so far. We still lack a comprehensive evaluation biodiversity (so-called ‘complementarity’ and ‘selection’ effects), as well phenotypic drivers play, underlying early-community biomass. Ev...