【🎉Latest accepted article】
The Associations between #WinterBud Traits and the Whole Plant Economics Spectrum: Evidence from the Common Woody Species in #SubtropicalForests

#ColdResistance | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #SubtropicalEvergreenBroad_leavedForests | #LeafEconomicTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag096

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Community functional traits shift under long-term nitrogen addition: Roles of #IntraspecificTraitVariability and #SpeciesTurnover

#PlantFunctionalTraits | #NitrogenDeposition | #AlpineMeadow

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag101

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Divergent regulation of seed mass on roots and leaves in legume plants

#SeedSize | #FineRoot | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #LeafTraits | #HerbaceousLegumeSpecies

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag103

Yuhan Zou et al. demonstrates that #DisturbanceIntensity is a key driver of ecological restructuring in #Wetland ecosystems.

#SoilPhysicochemicalProperties | #Diversity | #PlantFunctionalTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf142

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Temporal and spatial #NichePartitioning in plant microbiomes: Divergent assembly processes shape floral and foliar microbial communities in spring-flowering trees

#MicrobialNichePartitioning | #PriorityEffects | #holobiontResilience | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #SeasonalSuccession

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag084

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Silicon versus carbon mediates defensive strategies of two dominant congeneric trees across subtropical forest elevations

#Carbon_basedDefense | #Silicon_basedDefense | #SubtropicalDominantTrees | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #Non_structuralCarbohydrate

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag060

The growth of #RhododendronAureum and its precipitation sensitivity are more influenced by #Elevation, co-regulated by #SoilProperties and plant size traits in alpine tundra; Soil conditions and leaf economic traits influence temperature sensitivity.

#ClimateChange | #DwarfEvergreenShrubs | #ClimateSensitivity | #PlantFunctionalTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf181

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Functional traits explain the enhancement of #Denitrification by wetland plants

#EcosystemFunctioning | #EcologicalProcessesAndPathways | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #Plant_soilInteractions | #StructuralEquationModel (SEM) | #Trait_basedApproaches

@mcgillu

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag023

Moderate disturbance enhances functional and phylogenetic #Diversity, promoting ecosystem resilience through greater niche and evolutionary space. But excessive disturbance leads to homogenization and instability in #Wetlands.

#DisturbanceIntensity | #SoilPhysicochemicalProperties | #PlantFunctionalTraits

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf142

【💡Editor's Choice】
Fandong Meng et al. demonstrates widespread trade-offs between growing season length and plant growth across multiple spatial scales on the #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau.

#LeafEconomicSpectrum | #PlantFunctionalTraits | #Phenology | #CommonGarden

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf061