Tag Archives: functional traits

New paper published – Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

Posted on October 9, 2017 by

Text and graph by Tiina Tosens In the world-wide leaf economics spectrum (Wright et al. 2004, Nature) variability of three key traits: photosynthesis rate, leaf nitrogen content, and leaf dry mass per area of 2500 species (from study sites with … Continue reading →

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New publications describing a new method to predict species establishment and invasion

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

Text by Jon Bennett [This is a repost from Meelis Pärtel´s Macroecology Workgroup blog] Understanding which species are going to establish within a given community (i.e. invasion) is one of the most fundamental pursuits in ecology. In today’s era of … Continue reading →

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New publication – Predicting species establishment using absent species and functional neighborhoods

Posted on March 27, 2017 by

Text by Meelis Pärtel and Jonathan Bennett Understanding which species establish in which habitats is fundamental to community ecology and to more applied pursuits, such as the restoration of degraded sites and the prevention of invasion by exotic species. Jonathan … Continue reading →

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EcolChange seminar – Carlos Carmona on trait probability densities

Posted on March 5, 2017 by

Seminar of the Centre of Excellence EcolChange Carlos P. Carmona is researcher at the macroecology workgroup of the Department of Botany, University of Tartu. Trait probability densities: probabilistic hypervolumes in ecology and beyond Time: Thursday, 9nd. March 2017 at 15.15 … Continue reading →

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New paper published – Trait assembly in grasslands depends on habitat history and spatial scale

Posted on March 2, 2017 by

Text and pic by Liina Saar Recently published paper by Liina Saar, Meelis Pärtel and Aveliina Helm together with Francesco de Bello from Czechia (University of South Bohemia) in Oecologia revealed that grasslands with regular and long management history are … Continue reading →

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New paper published – Global leaf trait estimates biased due to plasticity in the shade

Posted on January 6, 2017 by

Text by Trevor Keenan Our new paper, “Global leaf trait estimates biased due to plasticity in the shade” (link to full text) was published online in Nature Plants on December 19th. It highlights a literally shady issue in plant science … Continue reading →

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