PLANT ECOLOGY

Plant phylogenetic diversity of tropical mountaintop rocky grasslands: local and regional constraints

Warming effects on leaf nutrients and plant growth in tropical forests

Fine-root morphological trait variation in tropical forest ecosystems: an evidence synthesis

Plant composition and diversity at edges in a semi-natural forest–grassland mosaic

A trade-off between primary and secondary seed dispersal by wind

Bloom and Bust: ecological consequences of precipitation variability in aridlands

Species turnover differentiates diversity–disturbance relationships between aboveground vegetation and soil seedbank

Do novel interactions with local fauna have reproductive consequences for exotic plants? A case study with thistles, ants, aphids, and pollinators

Tradeoffs between growth rate and water-use efficiency in seedlings of native perennials but not invasive annuals

Immediate and lag effects of hydrological change on floodplain grassland plants

Civet pollination in Mucuna birdwoodiana (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)

Soil bacterial community differences along a coastal restoration chronosequence

Do dispersal traits of wetland plant species explain tolerance against isolation effects in naturally fragmented habitats?

Dominant plants alter the microclimate along a fog gradient in the Atacama Desert

Drought in Southern California coastal sage scrub reduces herbaceous biomass of exotic species more than native species, but exotic growth recovers quickly when drought ends

Season of fire influences seed dispersal by wind in a serotinous obligate seeding tree

Do native plant associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes differ between reconstructed and remnant coastal dunes?

Vertebrate herbivory on shrub seedlings in California sage scrub: important but understudied interactions

Rethinking soil water repellency and its management

Spatial pattern of invasive and native graminoids in the Brazilian cerrado

Changes in defense traits of young leaves in subtropical forests succession

Effects of water stress and smoke on germination of Mediterranean shrubs with hard or soft coat seeds

Trait and phylogenetic patterns reveal deterministic community assembly mechanisms on Mount St. Helens

Population variation in the intensity of fruit infestation and pre-dispersal seed predation in Yucca schidigera (Asparagaceae) by its obligate pollinator

To manage or not? Successful native tree seedling restoration despite a dense, invasive shrub, Berberis thunbergii

Soil nitrogen recovery and seasonal changes of xylem sap amino acids of Amazonian tree species following pasture abandonment

Does plant allometry predict biased sex allocation in Triadica sebifera (L.) small (Euphorbiaceae)?

The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Rhizophagus intraradices and soil microbial community on a model plant community in a post-mining soil

Fire-adapted traits of threatened shrub species in riparian refugia: implications for fire regime management

Pollen dispersal in a population of Passiflora caerulea: spatial components and ecological implications

Latitudinal and altitudinal patterns of soil nematode communities under tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) in China

Livestock grazing and rainfall manipulation alter the patterning of CO2 fluxes and biomass development of the herbaceous community in a humid savanna

Response of herbaceous layer species to canopy and soil variables in a central Appalachian hardwood forest ecosystem

Consequences of reduced light for flower production in conifer-invaded meadows of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A

Microbial communities associated with distance- and density-dependent seedling mortality in a tropical rainforest

Effects of soil type, period of burial and moisture levels on the germination of Oncocyclus iris seeds

Impact of the specialist herbivore Exyra semicrocea on the carnivorous plant Sarracenia alata: a field experiment testing the effects of tissue loss and diminished prey capture on plant growth

Leaf defense syndromes in tropical ferns

Germination response of woody species to laboratory-simulated fire severity and airborne nitrogen deposition: a post-fire recovery strategy perspective

Riparian and adjacent forests differ both in the humid mountainous ecoregion and the semiarid lowland

Soil microedges provide an ecological niche for Desmodium canadense

Diversified impact of mycorrhizal inoculation on mother plants and daughter ramets in the clonally spreading plant Hieracium pilosella L. (Asteraceae)

Conspecific leaf litter and root competition inhibits shrub emergence in the Patagonian steppe

Effects of plant species and soil history on root morphology, arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of roots, and biomass in four tallgrass prairie species

Drought and small-bodied herbivores modify nutrient cycling in the semi-arid shortgrass steppe

Temperature shapes liana diversity pattern along a latitudinal gradient in southern temperate rainforest

Rosa multiflora’s performance under water stress: the role of positive and negative density-dependent intraspecific interactions