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Is leaf dry matter content a better predictor of soil fertility than specific leaf area? by Hodgson, J. G., Montserrat-Martí, G., Charles, M., Jones, G., Wilson, P., Shipley, B., Sharafi, M., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Band, S. R., Bogard, A., Castro-Díez, P., Guerrero-Campo, J., Palmer, C., Pérez-Rontomé, M. C., Carter, G., Hynd, A., Romo-Díez, A., de Torres Espuny, L., Pla, F. Royo

“…• Background and Aims Specific leaf area (SLA), a key element of the 'worldwide leaf economics spectrum', is the preferred 'soft' plant trait for assessing…”
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How much will it cost to save grassland diversity? by Hodgson, J.G., Montserrat-Martı́, G., Tallowin, J., Thompson, K., Díaz, S., Cabido, M., Grime, J.P., Wilson, P.J., Band, S.R., Bogard, A., Cabido, R., Cáceres, D., Castro-Dı́ez, P., Ferrer, C., Maestro-Martı́nez, M., Pérez-Rontomé, M.C., Charles, M., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Dabbert, S., Pérez-Harguindeguy, N., Krimly, T., Sijtsma, F.J., Strijker, D., Vendramini, F., Guerrero-Campo, J., Hynd, A., Jones, G., Romo-Dı́ez, A., de Torres Espuny, L., Villar-Salvador, P., Zak, M.R.

“…Conservation initiatives are failing to arrest the global loss of biodiversity. From our mechanistic studies of ecology and economics, we suggest that for…”
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Seed Size and Shape Predict Persistence in Soil by Thompson, K., Band, S. R., Hodgson, J. G.

“…1. An understanding of seed persistence in the soil is important to vegetation management and weed control, but experimental collection of seed bank data is…”
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Stomatal vs. genome size in angiosperms: the somatic tail wagging the genomic dog? by Hodgson, J.G, Sharafi, M, Jalili, A, Díaz, S, Montserrat-Martí, G, Palmer, C, Cerabolini, B, Pierce, S, Hamzehee, B, Asri, Y, Jamzad, Z, Wilson, P, Raven, J.A, Band, S.R, Basconcelo, S, Bogard, A, Carter, G, Charles, M, Castro-Díez, P, Cornelissen, J.H.C, Funes, G, Jones, G, Khoshnevis, M, Pérez-Harguindeguy, N, Pérez-Rontomé, M.C, Shirvany, F.A, Vendramini, F, Yazdani, S, Abbas-Azimi, R, Boustani, S, Dehghan, M, Guerrero-Campo, J, Hynd, A, Kowsary, E, Kazemi-Saeed, F, Siavash, B, Villar-Salvador, P, Craigie, R, Naqinezhad, A, Romo-Díez, A, de Torres Espuny, L, Simmons, E

“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Genome size is a function, and the product, of cell volume. As such it is contingent on ecological circumstance. The nature of 'this…”
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A Comparative Study of Germination Characteristics in a Local Flora by Grime, J. P., Mason, G., Curtis, A. V., Rodman, J., Band, S. R.

“…(1) Using a standardized procedure, a laboratory study was made of the germination characteristics of seeds collected from a wide range of habitats in the…”
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Integrated Screening Validates Primary Axes of Specialisation in Plants by Grime, J. P., Thompson, K., Hunt, R., Hodgson, J. G., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Rorison, I. H., Hendry, G. A. F., Ashenden, T. W., Askew, A. P., Band, S. R., Booth, R. E., Bossard, C. C., Campbell, B. D., Cooper, J. E. L., Davison, A. W., Gupta, P. L., Hall, W., Hand, D. W., Hannah, M. A., Hillier, S. H., Hodkinson, D. J., Jalili, A., Liu, Z., Mackey, J. M. L., Matthews, N., Mowforth, M. A., Neal, A. M., Reader, R. J., Reiling, K., Ross-Fraser, W., Spencer, R. E., Sutton, F., Tasker, D. E., Thorpe, P. C., Whitehouse, J.

“…Standardised procedures have been used to measure 67 traits in 43 common plants of the British flora. This paper provides an interpretation of the most…”
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The impacts of agricultural change (1963–2003) on the grassland flora of Central England: processes and prospects by Hodgson, J.G., Grime, J.P., Wilson, P.J., Thompson, K., Band, S.R.

“…The goal of UK agricultural policy between the late 1940s and the 1980s has been increased agricultural production. Since the build-up of huge agricultural…”
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Nuclear DNA contents, shoot phenology and species co-existence in a limestone grassland community by Grime, J.P, Shacklock, J.M.L, Band, S.R

“…Within a species-rich limestone grassland community in Northern England a correlation has been established between nuclear DNA content and the timing and rate…”
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A functional method for classifying European grasslands for use in joint ecological and economic studies by Hodgson, J.G., Montserrat-Martí, G., Cerabolini, B., Ceriani, R.M., Maestro-Martínez, M., Peco, B., Wilson, P.J., Thompson, K., Grime, J.P., Band, S.R., Bogard, A., Castro-Díez, P., Charles, M., Jones, G., Pérez-Rontomé, M.C., Caccianiga, M., Alard, D., Bakker, J.P., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Dutoit, T., Grootjans, A.P., Guerrero-Campo, J., Gupta, P.L., Hynd, A., Kahmen, S., Poschlod, P., Romo-Díez, A., Rorison, I.H., Rosén, E., Schreiber, K.-F., Tallowin, J., de Torres Espuny, L., Villar-Salvador, P.

“…A simple protocol is presented for a functional classification of European grassland species using attributes that can be quickly and easily measured. These…”
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The plant traits that drive ecosystems: Evidence from three continents by Díaz, S, Hodgson, J. G, Thompson, K, Cabido, M, Cornelissen, J. H C, Jalili, A, Montserrat-Martí, G, Grime, J. P, Zarrinkamar, F, Asri, Y, Band, S. R, Basconcelo, S, Castro-Díez, P, Funes, G, Hamzehee, B, Khoshnevi, M, Pérez-Harguindeguy, N, Pérez-Rontomé, M. C, Shirvany, A, Vendramini, F, Yazdani, S, Abbas-Azimi, R, Bogaard, A, Boustani, S, Charles, M, Dehghan, M, de Torres-Espuny, L, Falczuk, V, Guerrero-Campo, J, Hynd, A, Jones, G, Kowsary, E, Kazemi-Saeed, F, Maestro-Martínez, M, Romo-Díez, A, Shaw, S, Siavash, B, Villar-Salvador, P, Zak, M. R

“…Question: A set of easily-measured (‘soft’) plant traits has been identified as potentially useful predictors of ecosystem functioning in previous studies…”
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An index of weed size for assessing the soil productivity of ancient crop fields by Bogaard, A., Hodgson, J.G., Wilson, P.J., Band, S.R.

“…A method is presented for generating data on archaeological weed species relevant to soil productivity and consequently crop husbandry. Three plant attributes…”
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A Quantitative Analysis of Shoot Phenology and Dominance in Herbaceous Vegetation by Al-Mufti, M. M., Sydes, C. L., Furness, S. B., Grime, J. P., Band, S. R.

“…(1) Variation in standing crop and in litter has been measured by seasonal sampling and sorting of the herbaceous vegetation at thirteen sites in the Sheffield…”
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A comparative study of leaf nutrient concentrations in a regional herbaceous flora by THOMPSON, KEN, PARKINSON, JOHN A., BAND, STUART R., SPENCER, RITA E.

“…Mineral nutrient concentrations were determined in leaves of 83 mostly herbaceous species collected from central England. Most samples were analysed for N, P,…”
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A functional analysis of a limestone grassland community by Thompson, K, Hillier, S.H, Grime, J.P. (Sheffield Univ. (United Kingdom). NERC Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology), Bossard, C.C, Band, S.R

“…We examine the potential of standardised data, mainly collected in the laboratory, to elucidate mechanisms of species coexistence, using a south-facing,…”
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Range size, dispersal and niche breadth in the herbaceous flora of central England by Thompson, Ken, Gaston, Kevin J., Band, Stuart R.

“…It has been suggested that rare species differ from related common species in a variety of traits, including (among others) niche breadth and dispersal…”
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Seed survival and persistence on a calcareous land surface after a 32-year burial by Hendry, G.A.F, Thompson, K, Band, S.R

“…Of 34 species of vascular plants recorded in an unimproved calcareous grassland community in 1960 and subsequently buried for 32 yr, just six spp. were…”
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