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oikosjournal.bsky.social
New Paper: 🌴🐝Rainforest conversion to monoculture plantations restructures functional communities of braconid parasitoid wasps

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#BiologicalControl #Braconidae #CanopyFogging #FunctionalTraits #ParasitoidWasps #TropicalLandUseChange
Graphs of taxonomic and functional composition with labeled data points and clusters.
October 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
Zhe Zhou et al. examined the changes in liana #communitystructure and #functionaltraits during #secondarysuccession in a warm temperate oak forest, and then analyzed how these varied with forest structural and #soilproperties.

#lianas | #foreststructure

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Changes in community-weighted mean trait values for the liana community in different successional stages. Different letters represent significant differences (P < 0.05). LDMC, leaf dry matter content; SLA, specific leaf area; LNC, leaf nitrogen concentrations; LCC, leaf carbon concentrations; WD, wood density; SRL, specific root length; RNC, root nitrogen concentrations; RCC, root carbon concentrations.
October 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
This review synthesized existing evidence on how plant #functionaltraits and #functionaldiversity influence key #wetland #ecosystemfunctioning, such as productivity, carbon cycling and nutrient cycling.

#restoration

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Conceptual framework illustrating how environmental changes influence community-weighted mean functional traits and functional diversity, thereby affecting ecosystem functioning through dominant effects and niche complementarity.
October 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
communityecology.bsky.social
A new paper assessed the functional trait diversity of #edaphic #spiders and showed that, contrary to the traditional view, #caves do not harbour exclusively functionally homogeneous communities

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#functionaltraits #subterranean #spiderecology #spider
October 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
emilieroinel.bsky.social
🎉 Excited to share that my first PhD paper from the #DryMountProject is now published in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment!

@pierremariotte.bsky.social
@agroscope.bsky.social

#GrasslandEcology#ForageProduction#FunctionalTraits
Community leaf dry matter content mediates the impact of mixture composition on forage yield and nutritive value in temporary mountain grasslands
Mountain forage production is increasingly threatened by grassland degradation and limited adaptation to climate change. Regenerating these grasslands…
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September 29, 2026 at 6:06 AM
gianmariabonari.bsky.social
New paper published in Functional Ecology!

We investigated plant community assembly on inland limestone cliffs across Alpine, Continental, and Mediterranean Europe.

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

#FunctionalEcology #CommunityAssembly #FunctionalTraits #Biodiversity #CliffEcology #VegetationScience
September 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
exfumo.bsky.social
The 5th day of #GoBelowground was all about mini-projects #Buds #Storage #FineRoots #Clonality #Rhizome #Stolon #Traits #FunctionalTraits #PlantEcology
Explore, measure, interpret and turn belowground traits into ecological stories.
@czechacademy.bsky.social
@ibotcz.bsky.social
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September 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
jpecol.bsky.social
【🎉Latest accepted article】
Elevation structures plant growth and defence but not resistance to slug herbivory

#Brassicaceae | #chemicaldefence | #functionaltraits | #glucosinolates | #growth_defencetrade_off | #trait_mediatedinteractions

@mapjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
September 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
exfumo.bsky.social
The 4th day of #GoBelowground course of belowground functional ecology #Buds #Storage #Fineroots #Clonality #Rhizome #Stolone #Traits #Economy #Strategy #Methods #FunctionalTraits Collaborate, share, discuss🧐
@czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social
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September 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
jpecol.bsky.social
【🎉Latest accepted article】
Changes in the direction and intensity of plasticity bias between plant nitrogen- and water-use efficiency under nitrogen addition and drought

#Functionaltraits | #Globalchange

@joseppenuelas.bsky.social @mapjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
September 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
#Liana diversity decreased along the #secondaryforestsuccession. #Foreststructure is the main driver of liana community structural and functional assembly during forest succession.

#communitystructure | #functionaltraits | #soilproperties

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Changes in community-weighted mean trait values for the liana community in different successional stages.
September 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
oikosjournal.bsky.social
👔☀️Dress for success: climate pressures predict fur insulation and body size in natural and reintroduced populations of a threatened marsupial

📷 Jack Bilby

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#Insulation #BodySize #GeographicVariation #Reintroduction #FunctionalTraits #MacrotisLagotis
A bandicoot with large ears sniffs the ground in a desert at night.
August 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
oikosjournal.bsky.social
🗾🌿Drivers of individual plant species contributions to β-diversity are scale-dependent

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#BetaDiversity #BioticHomogenisation #CommunityAssembly #FunctionalTraits #InvasionBiology #PhylogeneticDistance #SpatialScaling
Diagram with plant illustrations and fractal triangles emphasizing size and phylogenetic effects. Graph of species coefficient estimates with variables like SLA and Height, shown with dots and error bars in different colors.
August 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
Fabulous presentation by @shubhamschhajed.bsky.social on leaf:sapwood allometry. Drier and colder sites had more leaves per sapwood unit, contrary to what most people in the room predicted. #ESAus2024 #FunctionalTraits
Summary slide for Shubham's talk concluding that in terms of mass, drier and colder sites are relatively leafier.
December 11, 2024 at 11:44 PM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
Did you know that there's an #RCode package to build your own trait database that works across taxa? Elizabeth Wenk introduced `traits.build` at #ESAus2024 & it looks super powerful for making trait data FAIR.

#OpenScience #FunctionalTraits 🧪🌾🌏

Check it out: traitecoevo.github.io/traits.build...
A slide explaining that we need traits.build to document metadata and preserve relational data.
December 11, 2024 at 1:18 AM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
Martyna Kotowska found that resprouting shoots had different leaf traits compared to seedlings. Next steps include measuring root traits. Get in touch if you're interested–her lab is looking for students!

#FunctionalTraits #PlantTraits #ESAus2024
A slide hypothesising how leaf traits vary between ontogenies. A slide summarising leaf trait differences. A slide showing how root traits may vary based on ontogeny.
December 11, 2024 at 1:04 AM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
@joshleecology.bsky.social gave a persuasive talk at #ESAus2024 on incorporating #FunctionalTraits into conservation metrics. Congrats on the Fundamental Ecology Award from @ecolsocaus.bsky.social, Josh!
Josh presents on a large stage describing the outcomes of integrating functional diversity in conservation.
December 10, 2024 at 3:41 AM
hilaryrosed.bsky.social
Root traits and mycorrhizal traits are correlated, according to research by John Ramana. Article in @newphyt.bsky.social if you want to know more: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#ESAus2024 #FunctionalTraits #Mycorrhizae
A graph correlating root diameter and AMF community composition
December 9, 2024 at 3:40 AM
drylandlab.bsky.social
Hi, Bluesky!

I am an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University.
based in #FortCollins, CO studying #drylands and #restoration with a focus on #plantecology, #biocrusts, #functionaltraits, and #rangelandecology.

I'm excited to connect about science here!
June 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
niooknaw.bsky.social
New publication: Adaptive #plasticity and #fitness costs of endangered, nonendangered, and invasive plants in response to variation in #nitrogen and #phosphorus availabilities. #endangeredspecies #plantinvasions #functionaltraits
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10075
December 3, 2024 at 2:15 AM
niooknaw.bsky.social
New NIOO publication: Soil BON Earthworm - A global initiative on #earthworm distribution, traits, and spatiotemporal diversity patterns. #communityecology #ecosystemfunctioning #functionaltraits #citizenscience #temporaldynamics
https://doi.org/10.25674/362
Soil BON Earthworm - A global initiative on earthworm ...
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December 2, 2024 at 11:13 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
Mingli Ding et al. examined the effects of spring, summer, and whole #GrowingSeasonDrought on #ReproductiveStrategies of early-spring flowering and mid-summer #FloweringPlantFunctionalGroups in #AlpineGrassland.

#FunctionalTraits | #Qinghai_TibetPlateau

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Reproductive allocation of early-spring (a, c, e, g, i) and mid-summer (b, d, f, h, j) flowering plant functional group under drought across different seasons.
July 28, 2026 at 1:38 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
【🎉Latest accepted article】
#LargeHerbivores effects on #PlantCommunityAssembly across contrasting habitats

#FunctionalTraits #PhylogeneticStructure #ExclosureExperiments

@mapjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
July 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
Giacomo Trotta et al. investigated the cascading effects of soil stress, plant growth, and the functional traits of the key species #CakileMaritima, on the alien and native plant community.

#BiologicalInvasion | #CoastalDunes | #FunctionalTraits | #SoilProperties

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
July 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
jpecol.bsky.social
AMF inoculation significantly increased #ArbuscularMycorrhizalFungi (AMF) colonization in the roots of Phragmites australis, and shifted the central trait from leaf biomass to rhizome biomass,.

#NInput | #PInput | #FunctionalTraits | #TraitNetworks

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...
Plant height (a), internode length (b), stem diameter (c), tiller number (d), leaf area (e), leaf number (f), root length (g), root diameter (h), root surface area (i), root volume (j), specific root length (k) and root tissue density (l) of Phragmites australis under AMF inoculation, N addition, and P addition treatments (mean ± SE).
July 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM