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Phylogenetic relatedness and the determinants of competitive outcomes by Godoy, Oscar, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Levine, Jonathan M, Chave, Jerome

“…Recent hypotheses argue that phylogenetic relatedness should predict both the niche differences that stabilise coexistence and the average fitness differences…”
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Trait‐based tests of coexistence mechanisms by Adler, Peter B, Fajardo, Alex, Kleinhesselink, Andrew R, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Scherber, Christoph

“…Recent functional trait studies have shown that trait differences may favour certain species (environmental filtering) while simultaneously preventing…”
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Functional Traits and Niche-Based Tree Community Assembly in an Amazonian Forest by Kraft, Nathan J.B, Valencia, Renato, Ackerly, David D

“…It is debated whether species-level differences in ecological strategy, which play a key role in much of coexistence theory, are important in structuring…”
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Plant functional traits and the multidimensional nature of species coexistence by Kraft, Nathan J. B., Godoy, Oscar, Levine, Jonathan M.

“…Understanding the processes maintaining species diversity is a central problem in ecology, with implications for the conservation and management of ecosystems…”
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Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest by Kraft, Nathan J. B., Ackerly, David D.

“…Despite a long history of the study of tropical forests, uncertainty about the importance of different ecological processes in shaping tropical tree species…”
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Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area by Greenwood, Sarah, Ruiz‐Benito, Paloma, Martínez‐Vilalta, Jordi, Lloret, Francisco, Kitzberger, Thomas, Allen, Craig D., Fensham, Rod, Laughlin, Daniel C., Kattge, Jens, Bönisch, Gerhard, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Jump, Alistair S., Chave, Jerome

“…Drought events are increasing globally, and reports of consequent forest mortality are widespread. However, due to a lack of a quantitative global synthesis,…”
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Assessing the relative importance of neutral stochasticity in ecological communities by Vellend, Mark, Srivastava, Diane S., Anderson, Kathryn M., Brown, Carissa D., Jankowski, Jill E., Kleynhans, Elizabeth J., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Letaw, Alathea D., Macdonald, A. Andrew M., Maclean, Janet E., Myers-Smith, Isla H., Norris, Andrea R., Xue, Xinxin

“…A central current debate in community ecology concerns the relative importance of deterministic versus stochastic processes underlying community structure…”
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Trait Evolution, Community Assembly, and the Phylogenetic Structure of Ecological Communities by Kraft, Nathan J. B., Cornwell, William K., Webb, Campbell O., Ackerly, David D.

“…Taxa co‐occurring in communities often represent a nonrandom sample, in phenotypic or phylogenetic terms, of the regional species pool. While heuristic…”
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Drier tropical forests are susceptible to functional changes in response to a long‐term drought by Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, Jesús, Oliveras, Imma, Rifai, Sami, Fauset, Sophie, Adu‐Bredu, Stephen, Affum‐Baffoe, Kofi, Baker, Timothy R., Feldpausch, Ted R., Gvozdevaite, Agne, Hubau, Wannes, Kraft, Nathan J. B., Lewis, Simon L., Moore, Sam, Niinemets, Ülo, Peprah, Theresa, Phillips, Oliver L., Ziemińska, Kasia, Enquist, Brian, Malhi, Yadvinder, Penuelas, Josep

“…Climatic changes have profound effects on the distribution of biodiversity, but untangling the links between climatic change and ecosystem functioning is…”
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Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: a roadmap for the practicing ecologist by Anderson, Marti J., Crist, Thomas O., Chase, Jonathan M., Vellend, Mark, Inouye, Brian D., Freestone, Amy L., Sanders, Nathan J., Cornell, Howard V., Comita, Liza S., Davies, Kendi F., Harrison, Susan P., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Stegen, James C., Swenson, Nathan G.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 19–28 A recent increase in studies of β diversity has yielded a confusing array of concepts, measures and methods. Here, we provide…”
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Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees by Wright, Ian J, Wright, S. Joseph, Kitajima, Kaoru, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Reich, Peter B, Bunker, Daniel E, Condit, Richard, Dalling, James W, Davies, Stuart J, Díaz, Sandra, Engelbrecht, Bettina M. J, Harms, Kyle E, Hubbell, Stephen P, Marks, Christian O, Ruiz-Jaen, Maria C, Salvador, Cristina M, Zanne, Amy E

“…A trade-off between growth and mortality rates characterizes tree species in closed canopy forests. This trade-off is maintained by inherent differences among…”
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Disentangling the Drivers of β Diversity Along Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients by Kraft, Nathan J. B., Comita, Liza S., Chase, Jonathan M., Sanders, Nathan J., Swenson, Nathan G., Crist, Thomas O., Stegen, James C., Vellend, Mark, Boyle, Brad, Anderson, Marti J., Cornell, Howard V., Davies, Kendi F., Freestone, Amy L., Inouye, Brian D., Harrison, Susan P., Myers, Jonathan A.

“…Understanding spatial variation in biodiversity along environmental gradients is a central theme in ecology. Differences in species compositional turnover…”
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Plant traits predict inter‐ and intraspecific variation in susceptibility to herbivory in a hyperdiverse Neotropical rain forest tree community by Cárdenas, Rafael E, Valencia, Renato, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Argoti, Adriana, Dangles, Olivier, Swenson, Nathan

“…A key issue in plant/herbivore interaction research is to understand which plant traits drive differences in herbivore damage. Variation in chemical, physical…”
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Characterizing scale-dependent community assembly using the functional-diversity-area relationship by Smith, Adam B, Sandel, Brody, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Carey, Susan

“…Phenotypic traits mediate organisms' interactions with the environment and determine how they affect and are affected by their biotic and abiotic milieu. Thus,…”
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Habitat area and climate stability determine geographical variation in plant species range sizes by Morueta-Holme, Naia, Enquist, Brian J., McGill, Brian J., Boyle, Brad, Jørgensen, Peter M., Ott, Jeffrey E., Peet, Robert K., Šímová, Irena, Sloat, Lindsey L., Thiers, Barbara, Violle, Cyrille, Wiser, Susan K., Dolins, Steven, Donoghue II, John C., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Regetz, Jim, Schildhauer, Mark, Spencer, Nick, Svenning, Jens-Christian

“…Despite being a fundamental aspect of biodiversity, little is known about what controls species range sizes. This is especially the case for hyperdiverse…”
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Megafauna extinction, tree species range reduction, and carbon storage in Amazonian forests by Doughty, Christopher E, Wolf, Adam, Morueta‐Holme, Naia, Jørgensen, Peter M, Sandel, Brody, Violle, Cyrille, Boyle, Brad, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Peet, Robert K, Enquist, Brian J, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, Blake, Stephen, Galetti, Mauro

“…During the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene 59 species of South American megafauna went extinct. Their extinction potentially triggered population declines…”
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Environmental factors predict community functional composition in Amazonian forests by Fortunel, Claire, Paine, C. E. Timothy, Fine, Paul V. A., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Baraloto, Christopher

“…1. The consequences of biodiversity loss for ecosystem services largely depend on the functional identities of extirpated species. However, poor descriptions…”
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Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology by Davies, T. Jonathan, Wolkovich, Elizabeth M., Kraft, Nathan J. B., Salamin, Nicolas, Allen, Jenica M., Ault, Toby R., Betancourt, Julio L., Bolmgren, Kjell, Cleland, Elsa E., Cook, Benjamin I., Crimmins, Theresa M., Mazer, Susan J., McCabe, Gregory J., Pau, Stephanie, Regetz, Jim, Schwartz, Mark D., Travers, Steven E.

“…1. Phenological events - defined points in the life cycle of a plant or animal - have been regarded as highly plastic traits, reflecting flexible responses to…”
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Individual cell based traits obtained by scanning flow-cytometry show selection by biotic and abiotic environmental factors during a phytoplankton spring bloom by Pomati, Francesco, Kraft, Nathan J B, Posch, Thomas, Eugster, Bettina, Jokela, Jukka, Ibelings, Bas W

“…In ecology and evolution, the primary challenge in understanding the processes that shape biodiversity is to assess the relationship between the phenotypic…”
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Incompletely resolved phylogenetic trees inflate estimates of phylogenetic conservatism by Davies, T. Jonathan, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Salamin, Nicolas, Wolkovich, Elizabeth M

“…The tendency for more closely related species to share similar traits and ecological strategies can be explained by their longer shared evolutionary histories…”
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