A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 221; no. 4; pp. 1764 - 1775
• Main Authors: Saatkamp, Arne, Cochrane, Anne, Commander, Lucy, Guja, Lydia K., Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Larson, Julie, Nicotra, Adrienne, Poschlod, Peter, Silveira, Fernando A. O., Cross, Adam T., Dalziell, Emma L., Dickie, John, Erickson, Todd E., Fidelis, Alessandra, Fuchs, Anne, Golos, Peter J., Hope, Michael, Lewandrowski, Wolfgang, Merritt, David J., Miller, Ben P., Miller, Russell G., Offord, Catherine A., Ooi, Mark K. J., Satyanti, Annisa, Sommerville, Karen D., Tangney, Ryan, Tomlinson, Sean, Turner, Shane, Walck, Jeffrey L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.03.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: applied ecology; Assembly; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Botanics; Community ecology; Conservation of Natural Resources; Databases, Factual; dispersal; Dynamics; Ecological function; Ecology; Ecosystem; Environmental Sciences; Evolution; Frameworks; functional trait; Germination; Germination - physiology; Global Changes; International cooperation; life history; Life Sciences; Niches; Organizations; persistence; Plant communities; plant establishment; Population dynamics; Populations and Evolution; Research review; seed; Seed dispersal; Seed Dispersal - physiology; seed weight; seedling establishment; Seedlings; Seedlings - physiology; Seeds; Seeds - physiology; soil seed bank; Vegetal Biology; germination; functional trait; seed; seedling establishment; dispersal; persistence; soil seed bank

Trait-based approaches have improved our understanding of plant evolution, community assembly and ecosystem functioning. A major challenge for the upcoming decades is to understand the functions and evolution of early life-history traits, across levels of organization and ecological strategies. Alth...