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Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient by Kichenin, Emilie, Wardle, David A., Peltzer, Duane A., Morse, Chris W., Freschet, Grégoire T.

“…1. Despite widespread focus on interspecific variation in trait-based ecology, there is growing evidence that intraspecific trait variability can play a…”
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Microbial and abiotic controls on mineral-associated organic matter in soil profiles along an ecosystem gradient by Mikutta, Robert, Turner, Stephanie, Schippers, Axel, Gentsch, Norman, Meyer-Stüve, Sandra, Condron, Leo M., Peltzer, Duane A., Richardson, Sarah J., Eger, Andre, Hempel, Günter, Kaiser, Klaus, Klotzbücher, Thimo, Guggenberger, Georg

“…Formation of mineral-organic associations is a key process in the global carbon cycle. Recent concepts propose litter quality-controlled microbial assimilation…”
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Host identity is a dominant driver of mycorrhizal fungal community composition during ecosystem development by Martínez‐García, Laura B, Richardson, Sarah J, Tylianakis, Jason M, Peltzer, Duane A, Dickie, Ian A

“…Little is known about the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities to ecosystem development. We use a long‐term soil chronosequence that includes…”
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Co-invasion by Pinus and its mycorrhizal fungi by Dickie, Ian A., Bolstridge, Nicola, Cooper, Jerry A., Peltzer, Duane A.

“…The absence of co-evolved mutualists of plants invading a novel habitat is the logical corollary of the more widely recognized 'enemy escape'. To avoid or…”
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Towards a framework for understanding the context dependence of impacts of non‐native tree species by Sapsford, Sarah J., Brandt, Angela J., Davis, Kimberley T., Peralta, Guadalupe, Dickie, Ian A., Gibson, Robert D., Green, Joanna L., Hulme, Philip E., Nuñez, Martin A., Orwin, Kate H., Pauchard, Anibal, Wardle, David A., Peltzer, Duane A., Violle, Cyrille

“…Biological invasions are a major driver of ecosystem change but causes of variation in their environmental impacts over space and time remain poorly…”
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Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest by Holdaway, Robert J., Richardson, Sarah J., Dickie, Ian A., Peltzer, Duane A., Coomes, David A.

“…1. Below-ground plant functional traits regulate plant-soil interactions and may therefore strongly influence ecosystem responses to global change. Despite…”
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Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long-term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity by Mason, Norman W. H., Richardson, Sarah J., Peltzer, Duane A., de Bello, Francesco, Wardle, David A., Allen, Robert B.

“…1. Functional trait diversity can reveal mechanisms of species coexistence in plant communities. Few studies have tested whether functional diversity for…”
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Mycorrhizal co-invasion and novel interactions depend on neighborhood context by Moeller, Holly V, Dickie, Ian A, Peltzer, Duane A, Fukami, Tadashi

“…Biological invasions are a rapidly increasing driver of global change, yet fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of the factors determining the success…”
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Mycorrhizas and mycorrhizal fungal communities throughout ecosystem development by Dickie, Ian A., Martínez-García, Laura B., Koele, Nina, Grelet, G.-A., Tylianakis, Jason M., Peltzer, Duane A., Richardson, Sarah J.

“…Background and scope Plant communities and underlying soils undergo substantial, coordinated shifts throughout ecosystem development. However, shifts in the…”
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Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs by Pietsch, Katherina A, Ogle, Kiona, Cornelissen, Johannes H. C, Cornwell, William K, Bönisch, Gerhard, Craine, Joseph M, Jackson, Benjamin G, Kattge, Jens, Peltzer, Duane A, Penuelas, Josep, Reich, Peter B, Wardle, David A, Weedon, James T, Wright, Ian J, Zanne, Amy E, Wirth, Christian

“…AIM: Recent meta‐analyses have revealed that plant traits and their phylogenetic history influence decay rates of dead wood and leaf litter, but it remains…”
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Plant traits, leaf palatability and litter decomposability for co-occurring woody species differing in invasion status and nitrogen fixation ability by Kurokawa, Hiroko, Peltzer, Duane A., Wardle, David A.

“…1. Non-native invasive and nitrogen (N)-fixing plant species can cause large ecosystem-level impacts, particularly when they differ in functionally important…”
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Asynchronicity in root and shoot phenology in grasses and woody plants by STEINAKER, DIEGO F, WILSON, SCOTT D, PELTZER, DUANE A

“…Phenology is central to understanding vegetation response to climate change, as well as vegetation effects on plant resources, but most temporal production…”
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Novel interactions between non‐native mammals and fungi facilitate establishment of invasive pines by Wood, Jamie R, Dickie, Ian A, Moeller, Holly V, Peltzer, Duane A, Bonner, Karen I, Rattray, Gaye, Wilmshurst, Janet M, Gibson, David

“…The role of novel ecological interactions between mammals, fungi and plants in invaded ecosystems remains unresolved, but may play a key role in the widespread…”
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Understanding ecosystem retrogression by Peltzer, Duane A, Wardle, David A, Allison, Victoria J, Baisden, W. Troy, Bardgett, Richard D, Chadwick, Oliver A, Condron, Leo M, Parfitt, Roger L, Porder, Stephen, Richardson, Sarah J, Turner, Benjamin L, Vitousek, Peter M, Walker, Lawrence R, Walker, Joe

“…Over time scales of thousands to millions of years, and in the absence of rejuvenating disturbances that initiate primary or early secondary succession,…”
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Community- and trophic-level responses of soil nematodes to removal of a non-native tree at different stages of invasion by Peralta, Guadalupe, Dickie, Ian A, Yeates, Gregor W, Peltzer, Duane A

“…Success of invasive non-native plant species management is usually measured as changes in the abundance of the invasive plant species or native plant species…”
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Soil Organic Phosphorus Transformations During Pedogenesis by Turner, Benjamin L, Condron, Leo M, Richardson, Sarah J, Peltzer, Duane A, Allison, Victoria J

“…Long-term changes in soil phosphorus influence ecosystem development and lead to a decline in the productivity of forests in undisturbed landscapes. Much of…”
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Soil fertility effects on tree seedling performance are light-dependent: evidence from a long-term soil chronosequence by Peltzer, Duane A., Wardle, David A.

“…Soil chronosequences are a powerful tool for understanding how limitation of plant growth by nutrients and light changes throughout ecosystem development, but…”
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Scale and complexity implications of making New Zealand predator-free by 2050 by Peltzer, Duane A., Bellingham, Peter J., Dickie, Ian A., Houliston, Gary, Hulme, Philip E., Lyver, Phil O'B., McGlone, Matthew, Richardson, Sarah J., Wood, Jamie

“…The goal to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050 has drawn strong praise and criticism, but these critiques have focused largely on economic or technological…”
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Are functional traits and litter decomposability coordinated across leaves, twigs and wood? A test using temperate rainforest tree species by Jackson, Benjamin G., Peltzer, Duane A., Wardle, David A.

“…Plant functional traits are increasingly used to evaluate changes in ecological and ecosystem processes. However our understanding of how functional traits…”
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response of plant diversity to ecosystem retrogression: evidence from contrasting long-term chronosequences by Wardle, David A, Bardgett, Richard D, Walker, Lawrence R, Peltzer, Duane A, Lagerström, Anna

“…Following catastrophic disturbances, succession and vegetation development occur, but in the prolonged absence of these disturbances a decline (retrogressive)…”
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