Journal of Ecology

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Inferring community assembly processes from functional seed trait variation along elevation gradient	66
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Rapid evolution of a floral trait following acquisition of novel pollinators	64
The hidden half of ontogeny and seasonal dynamics in perennial herbs	62
Unveiling above‐ and below‐ground ecological strategies that underlie woody plant encroachment in grasslands	62
Multiple mechanisms associated with loss of seed bank diversity under nitrogen enrichment	56
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Precipitation and nitrogen deposition alter biocrust–vascular plant coexistence in a desert ecosystem: Threshold and mechanisms	53
UAV‐Lidar reveals that canopy structure mediates the influence of edge effects on forest diversity, function and microclimate	49
Reconciling plant and microbial ecological strategies to elucidate cover crop effects on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling	46
Phylogenetically conservative trait correlation: Quantification and interpretation	45
Decoupling of trait and species turnover in fire‐prone Mediterranean plant communities	44
Leaf nitrogen from the perspective of optimal plant function	44
Phylogenetic relationships and plant life stage but not biogeographic history mediate priority effects of European grassland plants	43
Competition intensity is linked to the co‐occurrence status and height differences of plant species found growing together in an old‐field community	42
Drought effects in Mediterranean forests are not alleviated by diversity‐driven water source partitioning	42
Phosphorus controls symbiotic nitrogen fixation in fire‐dependent longleaf pine savannas	39
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Spatial heterogeneity of nitrification contributes to tree–grass coexistence in West African savannas	35
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The proportion of low abundance species is a key predictor of plant β‐diversity across the latitudinal gradient	34

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Phylogenetic dependence of plant–soil feedback promotes rare species in a subtropical forest	33
Wood density and leaf size jointly predict woody plant growth rates across (but not within) species along a steep precipitation gradient	32
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Great granny still ruling from the grave: Phenotypical response of plant performance and seed functional traits to salt stress affects multiple generations of a halophyte	31
Scale‐dependent shifts in functional and phylogenetic structure of Mediterranean island plant communities over two centuries	31
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Herbivores disrupt clinal variation in plant responses to water limitation	30
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Metabolic responses of two pioneer wood decay fungi to diurnally cycling temperature	29
Ectomycorrhizal (dipterocarp) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (non‐dipterocarp) tree hosts and their relative distribution in a tropical forest predict soil bacterial communities	29
The specialised buzz pollination syndrome poses a partial barrier to plant invasions	28
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Combining biogeographical approaches to advance invasion ecology and methodology	28
Warmer springs increase potential for temporal reproductive isolation among habitat patches in subalpine flowering plants	28
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Fast‐growing annual plants drive disease spillover in multi‐host communities	27
Global spectra of plant litter carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and returning amounts	27
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Anatomical distribution of starch in the stemwood influences carbon dynamics and suggests storage‐growth trade‐offs in some tropical trees	27
Herbivory resistance in dwarf shrubs combines with simulated warming to shift phenology and decrease reproduction	26
Weather‐driven demography and population dynamics of an endemic perennial plant during a 34‐year period	26
Multiple disturbances, multiple legacies: Fire, canopy gaps and deer jointly change the forest seed bank	26
Herbivory and warming have opposing short‐term effects on plant‐community nutrient levels across high‐Arctic tundra habitats	25
Selection on convergent functional traits drives compositional divergence in early succession of a tallgrass prairie restoration experiment	25
Functional diversity and soil nutrients regulate the interannual variability in gross primary productivity	25
Pollen‐chemistry variations along elevation gradients and their implications for a proxy for UV‐B radiation in the plant‐fossil record	24
High below‐ground bud abundance increases ecosystem recovery from drought across arid and semiarid grasslands	24
Source height and contact with terrestrial soil drive transplanted epiphyte performance	24
Climate and crown damage drive tree mortality in southern Amazonian edge forests	24
Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Liparis loeselii	24
Interactions among wildfire, forest type and landscape position are key determinants of boreal forest carbon stocks	24
The eco‐evolutionary dynamics of prior selfing rates promote coexistence without niche partitioning under conditions of reproductive interference	23
Biological flora of Britain and Ireland:Neottia nidus‐avis	23
Density‐dependent influence of ribbed mussels on salt marsh nitrogen pools and processes	23
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Mangrove freeze resistance and resilience across a tropical‐temperate transitional zone	23
High temperature frequently increases facilitation between aquatic foundation species: A global meta‐analysis of interaction experiments between angiosperms, seaweeds and bivalves	23
What does not kill you can make you stronger: Variation in plasticity in response to early temporally heterogeneous hydrological experience	23
Climate‐driven shifts in plant–soil feedback of a perennial grass species	23
The trait‐mediated trade‐off between growth and survival depends on tree sizes and environmental conditions	23
Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens	23
Long‐term empirical evidence shows post‐disturbance climate controls post‐fire regeneration	23
Linking individualistic growth stability of trees to the complexity of understorey layers	23
Ecological significance of intraplant variation: Epigenetic mosaicism in Lavandula latifolia plants predicts extant and transgenerational variability of fecundity‐related traits	23
Pollinator asynchrony drives the temporal stability of flower visitation rates, but not of plant reproductive success	22
Identity of ecological systems and the meaning of resilience	22

Temporal dynamics of stream algae under the combined impacts of climate and land‐use stressors	22
A synthesis of local adaptation to climate through reciprocal common gardens	22
The plant ecology of nature‐based solutions for people, biodiversity and climate	22
Consumers and nutrients alter colonization of an old field community independently and by distinct mechanisms	22
Temporal changes in plant–soil feedback effects on microbial networks, leaf metabolomics and plant–insect interactions	22
Water controls the divergent responses of terrestrial plant photosynthesis under nitrogen enrichment	21
Resilience of a tropical montane pine forest to fire and severe droughts	21
The dark side of rocks: An underestimated high‐quality food resource in river ecosystems	21
Spatiotemporal variability in precipitation‐growth association of Betula nana in the Siberian lowland tundra	21
Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability	21
International Biological Flora:Ceratonia siliqua	21
Arbuscular mycorrhizal communities respond to nutrient enrichment and plant invasion in phosphorus‐limited eucalypt woodlands	20
Relationships between plant–soil feedbacks and functional traits	20
Individual‐based plant–pollinator networks are structured by phenotypic and microsite plant traits	20
Rhizodeposition through root senescence and root exudation of atmospheric C and N by legumes is controlled by traits indicative of resource acquisition and root development	20
Big rodents disperse small seeds and spores in Neotropical wetlands	20
Effects of warming temperatures on germination responses and trade‐offs between seed traits in an alpine plant	20
Leaf‐level resistance to frost, drought and heat covaries across European temperate tree seedlings	20
Interventions for resilient nature‐based solutions: An ecological perspective	19
Plant water‐use strategies as mediators of herbivore drought response: Ecophysiology, host plant quality and functional traits	19
Disentangling the effects of microalgal diversity and thermal history on freshwater phototrophic biofilms facing heat stress: A thermal dose approach	19
Correction to: Trait coordination in boreal mosses reveals a bryophyte economics spectrum	19
Trait coordination in boreal mosses reveals a bryophyte economics spectrum	19
Erratum for: Plant community composition but not plant traits determine the outcome of soil legacy effects on plants and insects	19
Different responses of functional groups to N addition increased synchrony and shortened community reproductive duration in an alpine meadow	19
Forest growth resistance and resilience to the 2018–2020 drought depend on tree diversity and mycorrhizal type	19
An exotic herbivore reinforces competition between exotic and native plants	19
Closing the life cycle of forest trees: The difficult dynamics of seedling‐to‐sapling transitions in a subtropical rainforest	18
Introduced plants induce outbreaks of a native pest and facilitate invasion in the plants' native range: Evidence from the emerald ash borer	18
Simplification of woody plant trait networks among communities along a climatic aridity gradient	18
Herbivory of a biocontrol agent on a native plant causes an indirect trait‐mediated non‐target effect on a native insect	18
Tree diversity reduces the risk of bark beetle infestation for preferred conifer species, but increases the risk for less preferred hosts	18
Landslide age, elevation and residual vegetation determine tropical montane forest canopy recovery and biomass accumulation after landslide disturbances in the Peruvian Andes	18
Assemblages of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in tank bromeliads exhibit a host‐specific signature	18
Genetic diversity matters for restoration of a threatened saltmarsh plant in harsh environments	18
Climate, soil mineralogy and mycorrhizal fungi influence soil organic matter fractions in eastern US temperate forests	18
The afterlife effects of leaf and root litter traits on soil N cycling	17
Tree species mixing reduces biomass but increases length of absorptive fine roots in European forests	17
Rapid loss of phenotypic plasticity in the introduced range of the beach daisy, Arctotheca populifolia	17
Land‐use changes impact root–fungal network connectivity in a global biodiversity hotspot	17
Drastic shift in flowering phenology of F1 hybrids causing rapid reproductive isolation in Imperata cylindrica in Japan	17
The effectiveness of indirect plant defence is dependent on plant competition	16
Variation in salinity tolerance and water use strategies in an introduced woody halophyte (Tamarix spp.)	16
Sheltered or suppressed? Tree regeneration in unmanaged European forests	16
Landscape‐scale drivers of liana load across a Southeast Asian forest canopy differ to the Neotropics	16
Shifts from an extensive to an intensive root nutrient‐acquisition mode with stand development of three Pinus species	16
Tree species with conservative foliar nutrient status and strong phosphorus homeostasis are regionally abundant in subtropical forests	16
Complex trait‒environment relationships underlie the structure of forest plant communities	16
Legacy effects control root elemental composition and stoichiometry in subtropical forests: Empirical support for the biogeochemical niche hypothesis	16
Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a calcareous grassland	16
Contrasting responses to climate variability generate seasonal priority effects between native and invasive forest herbs	16
Inferring plant–plant interactions using remote sensing	16
Plant community responses to alterations in soil abiotic and biotic conditions are decoupled for above‐ and below‐ground traits	16
What common‐garden experiments tell us about climate responses in plants	16
Reconciling resilience across ecological systems, species and subdisciplines	16
Large mammalian herbivores affect arthropod food webs via changes in vegetation characteristics and microclimate	16
No consistencies in abundance–impact relationships across herbaceous invasive species and ecological impact metrics	15
The intraspecific variation of functional traits modulates drought resilience of European beech and pubescent oak	15
Resprouting ability differs among plant functional groups along a soil acidification gradient in a meadow: A rhizosphere perspective	15
Ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the relationship between tree mycorrhizal dominance and soil carbon and nitrogen	15
Unravelling the relationship between plant diversity and vegetation structural complexity: A review and theoretical framework	15
Experimental evidence root‐associated microbes mediate seagrass response to environmental stress	15
Functional responses of Mediterranean flora to fire: A community‐scale perspective	15
Microclimatic variation in tropical canopies: A glimpse into the processes of community assembly in epiphytic bryophyte communities	15
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Liana litter decomposes faster than tree litter in a multispecies and multisite experiment	15
Differences in trait–environment relationships: Implications for community weighted means tests	15
The ecological drivers of growth form evolution in flowering plants	15
Roles of leaf functional traits in fungal endophyte colonization: Potential implications for host–pathogen interactions	15
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The effects of leaf traits on litter rainfall interception with consequences for runoff and soil conservation	15
Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods	15
Plant nutrient‐acquisition strategies contribute to species replacement during primary succession	14
Context dependence of grassland plant response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: The influence of plant successional status and soil resources	14
Lichens are more tolerant against winter warming stress than vascular and non‐vascular plants: Insights from an alpine field experiment	14
Local adaptation is highly dependent on common garden conditions where seeds were propagated: Evidence from a 7‐year study on a dominant alpine meadow species	14
Direct and indirect effects of fire on microbial communities in a pyrodiverse dry‐sclerophyll forest	14
Short‐term prescribed fire frequency manipulation alters community response to subsequent fires in a southeastern pine savanna	14
Labile carbon input alleviates nitrogen‐induced community instability in a meadow steppe	14
Design principles for multi‐species productive grasslands: Quantifying effects of diversity beyond richness	14

Rhizobia mutualists contribute to phylogenetic clustering and legume community assembly globally	14
Bryophyte assembly rules across scales	14
Semiannual dormancy cycling results in two seedling cohorts of annual species in the cold desert of Central Asia	14
Avian seed dispersal out of the forests: A view through the lens of Pleistocene landscapes	14
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Soil organic carbon is buffered by grass inputs regardless of woody cover or fire frequency in an African savanna	13
Floral complexity can help maintain plant diversity by inducing pollinator specialization	13
Context‐dependent effects of shifting large herbivore assemblages on plant structure and diversity	13
Fire, insect and disease‐caused tree mortalities increased in forests of greater structural diversity during drought	13
Introduction pathways and evolutionary mechanisms of alien species of Lolium spreading across sandy coasts in Japan	13
Root‐associated fungi not tree density influences stand nitrogen dynamics at the larch forest–tundra ecotone	13
The expression of demographic costs of reproduction varies among coexisting plants with different life history traits	13
Unveiling the ghosts of landscapes past: Changes in landscape connectivity over the last decades are still shaping current woodland plant assemblages	13
Using machine learning to link climate, phylogeny and leaf area in eucalypts through a 50‐fold expansion of leaf trait datasets	13
Age matters: Demographic senescence in the moss Polytrichastrum formosum	13
Glacier forelands reveal fundamental plant and microbial controls on short‐term ecosystem nitrogen retention	13
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Population‐specific resilience of Halophila ovalis seagrass habitat to unseasonal rainfall, an extreme climate event in estuaries	12
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Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities	12
Contrasting intra‐annual population dynamics of two codominant species are consistent across spatial and temporal scales	12
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Ecological consequences of genotypic diversity within a foundation plant,Spartina alterniflora, are pervasive but not universal across multiple stress gradients	12
Tree diversity and mycorrhizal type co‐determine multitrophic ecosystem functions	12
Vegetation‐memory effects and their association with vegetation resilience in global drylands	12
Facilitation against herbivory more important than resource‐based niche differences for plant coexistence in a field experiment	12
Land‐use history alters the diversity, community composition and interaction networks of ectomycorrhizal fungi in beech forests	12
Pathways of savannization in a mesic African savanna–forest mosaic following an extreme fire	12
Functionally dissimilar neighbours increase tree water use efficiency through enhancement of leaf phosphorus concentration	11
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Relationships between above‐ground plant traits and carbon cycling in tundra plant communities	11
Phytoplankton assemblage shifts with dissolved organic matter properties: A functional perspective for sentinel lakes	11
Litter and root traits control soil microbial composition and enzyme activities in 28 common subtropical tree species	11
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Long‐term stability of sapling dynamics is regulated by soil phosphorus availability in subtropical forest	11
Experimental evidence of strong relationships between soil microbial communities and plant germination	11
Spatiotemporal dynamics of genetic variation at the quantitative and molecular levels within a natural Arabidopsis thaliana population	11
Joint effects of resource supply and resource types on properties of population dynamic models	11
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Mycorrhizal tree impacts on topsoil biogeochemical properties in tropical forests	11
Phenotypic diversity influenced by a transposable element increases productivity and resistance to competitors in plant populations	11
Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss	11
Feedbacks between forest structure and an opportunistic fungal pathogen	11
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Large contribution of recent photosynthate to soil respiration in tropical dipterocarp forest revealed by girdling	11
Strong phylogenetic signal and models of trait evolution evidence phylogenetic niche conservatism for seagrasses	10
No slowdown of growing season extension with warming in a permafrost‐affected meadow on the Tibetan Plateau	10
Neighbourhood effect of weeds on wheat root endospheric mycobiota	10
Fifty years of reduction in sulphur deposition drives recovery in soil pH and plant communities	10
Nutrient availability explains distinct soil fungal colonization of angiosperm versus gymnosperm wood	10
Lianas have a faster resource acquisition strategy than trees: Below‐ground evidence from root traits, phylogeny and the root economics space	10
The role of shade in maintaining alternative stable states between open‐ and closed‐canopy vegetation	10
Animal‐mediated seed dispersal and the demo‐genetic configuration across plant colonization gradients	10
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Tree growth periodicity in the ever‐wet tropical forest of the Americas	10
More warm‐adapted species in soil seed banks than in herb layer plant communities across Europe	10
The inclusion of immediate and lagged climate responses amplifies the effect of climate autocorrelation on long‐term growth rate of populations	10
Herbivore‐induced branching increases sapling survival in temperate forest canopy gaps	10
Investigating the effect of habitat amount and landscape heterogeneity on the gamma functional diversity of grassland and hedgerow plants	10
Resistance of subarctic soil fungal and invertebrate communities to disruption of below‐ground carbon supply	10
Dancing with Douglas‐fir: Determinism dominates fungal community assembly processes	9
Canopy facilitation outweighs elemental allelopathy in a metalliferous system during an exceptionally dry year	9
Ungulate herbivores promote beta diversity and drive stochastic plant community assembly by selective defoliation and trampling: From a four‐year simulation experiment	9
Tree species diversity drives the land surface phenology of seasonally dry tropical woodlands	9
Specificity determinants of pathogens in forest	9
Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change	9
Adaptations and responses of the common dandelion to low atmospheric pressure in high‐altitude environments	9
The role of plant secondary metabolites in shaping regional and local plant community assembly	9
Explaining variation in plant‐herbivore associational effects in a tree biodiversity experiment	9
Forest and soil fungal community dynamics are fuelled by root rot pathogen‐induced gaps	9
Integrating ontogeny and ontogenetic dependency into community assembly	9
Nitrogen pulses increase fungal pathogens in Amazonian lowland tropical rain forests	9
Putting vascular epiphytes on the traits map	9
Phenotypic plasticity versus ecotypic differentiation under recurrent summer drought in two drought‐tolerant pine species	9
Local adaptation in parapatric and sympatric mosaic coastal habitats through trait divergence of Setaria viridis	9
Towards a trait‐based framework for marine macroalgae: Using categorical data to explore the nature of emergent functional groups	9
Effects of biotic interactions on plant fecundity depend on spatial and functional structure of communities and time since disturbance	9
Mire plant diversity change over the last 10,000 years: Importance of isostatic land uplift, climate and local conditions	9
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Autogenic regulation and resilience in tropical dry forest	9
Shifts in growth light optima among diatom species support their succession during the spring bloom in the Arctic	9
Mechanisms of dietary resource partitioning in large‐herbivore assemblages: A plant‐trait‐based approach	9
Climatic and vegetational controls of Holocene wildfire regimes in the boreal forest of northern Fennoscandia	9
Upslope release—Downslope receipt? Multi‐year plant uptake of permafrost‐released nitrogen along an arctic hillslope	9
Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs	9