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List of works by Francesco de Bello

A biodiversity monitoring framework for practical conservation of grasslands and shrublands

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities.

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

A guide for using functional diversity indices to reveal changes in assembly processes along ecological gradients

A multi-scale approach reveals random phylogenetic patterns at the edge of vascular plant life

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A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services

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A tale of two grasslands: how belowground storage organs coordinate their traits with water-use traits

scientific article published in 2021

Accounting for long‐term directional trends on year‐to‐year synchrony in species fluctuations

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Alien plants invade more phylogenetically clustered community types and cause even stronger clustering

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Alternative plant designs: consequences for community assembly and ecosystem functioning

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

An experimental framework to identify community functional components driving ecosystem processes and services delivery

scientific article published in 2012

Applying the dark diversity concept to nature conservation.

scientific article

Are redundancy indices redundant? An evaluation based on parameterized simulations

scientific article published on 16 May 2020

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

scientific article

Biodiversity of traits and species both show weak responses to hydromorphological alteration in lowland river macroinvertebrates

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Biodiversity promotes resistance but dominant species shape recovery of grasslands under extreme drought

scientific article published on 22 March 2024

CLO-PLA: a database of clonal and bud-bank traits of the Central European flora

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CLO-PLA: the database of clonal and bud bank traits of Central European flora

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long-term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity

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Changes in root-associated microbial communities are determined by species-specific plant growth responses to stress and disturbance

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Changes in the functional trait composition and diversity of meadow communities induced by Rhinanthus minor L

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Changes in trait divergence and convergence along a productivity gradient in wet meadows

Chronic human disturbance affects plant trait distribution in a seasonally dry tropical forest

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Climatic drivers of trait assembly in woody plants in Japan

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Clonal vs leaf-height-seed (LHS) traits: which are filtered more strongly across habitats?

article by Anna E.-Vojtkó et al published 5 July 2017 in Folia Geobotanica

Colonization resistance and establishment success along gradients of functional and phylogenetic diversity in experimental plant communities

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

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Competition-induced transgenerational plasticity influences competitive interactions and leaf decomposition of offspring

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Consistent functional response of meadow species and communities to land-use changes across productivity and soil moisture gradients

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Contrasting Environmental Drivers Determine Biodiversity Patterns in Epiphytic Lichen Communities along a European Gradient

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Contrasting trait assembly patterns in plant and bird communities along environmental and human-induced land-use gradients

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Cushions of Thylacospermum caespitosum (Caryophyllaceae) do not facilitate other plants under extreme altitude and dry conditions in the north-west Himalayas

scientific article

Decoupling phylogenetic and functional diversity to reveal hidden signals in community assembly

article published in 2017

Different effects of elevation, habitat fragmentation and grazing management on the functional, phylogenetic and taxonomic structure of mountain grasslands

scholarly article by Matteo Dainese et al published February 2015 in Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Different plant trait scaling in dry versus wet Central European meadows

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Directional trends in species composition over time can lead to a widespread overemphasis of year‐to‐year asynchrony

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Diversity of parental environments increases phenotypic variation in Arabidopsis populations more than genetic diversity but similarly affects productivity

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Drivers of plant community (in)stability along a sea–inland gradient

scientific article published on 21 August 2023

Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation: concepts and a glossary

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Effects of disturbance regime on carbohydrate reserves in meadow plants

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Effects of functional and phylogenetic diversity on the temporal dynamics of soil N availability

scientific article published on 22 January 2022

Effects of long- and short-term management on the functional structure of meadows through species turnover and intraspecific trait variability

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Environmental gradients and micro-heterogeneity shape fine-scale plant community assembly on coastal dunes

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Erosion of global functional diversity across the tree of life

scientific article published on 26 March 2021

Evaluating Functional Diversity: Missing Trait Data and the Importance of Species Abundance Structure and Data Transformation

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Evidence for scale- and disturbance-dependent trait assembly patterns in dry semi-natural grasslands

scientific article published in 2013

Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition

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Fertilization decreases species diversity but increases functional diversity: A three-year experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow

Filtering of seed traits revealed by convergence and divergence patterns in subalpine grasslands

scientific article published on 25 June 2011

Fine-scale coexistence patterns along a productivity gradient in wet meadows: shifts from trait convergence to divergence

scientific article published in 2015

Floral and reproductive traits are an independent dimension within the plant economic spectrum of temperate central Europe

scientific article published in 2022

Functional Trait Changes, Productivity Shifts and Vegetation Stability in Mountain Grasslands during a Short-Term Warming

scientific article

Functional differences stabilize beetle communities by weakening interspecific temporal synchrony

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Functional diversity through the mean trait dissimilarity: resolving shortcomings with existing paradigms and algorithms

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Functional diversity: a tool for answering challenging ecological questions

scientific article published on 02 August 2013

Functional rarity and evolutionary uniqueness of threatened species across different scales and habitats in a Central European flora

scientific article published in 2022

Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly

scientific article

Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle

scientific article published on 01 June 2021

Functional trait trade-offs define plant population stability across different biomes

scientific article published in 2023

Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

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Grazing effects on the species-area relationship: Variation along a climatic gradient in NE Spain

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Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

scientific article published in 2016

Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Hierarchical effects of environmental filters on the functional structure of plant communities: a case study in the French Alps

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

High plant taxonomic beta diversity and functional and phylogenetic convergence between two Neotropical inselbergs

scientific article published in 2019

Historical biome distribution and recent human disturbance shape the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

scientific article

Homogenization and impoverishment of taxonomic and functional diversity of ants in Eucalyptus plantations

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

Hybrid ecosystems can contribute to local biodiversity conservation

scientific article published in 2016

Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

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Impact of plant invasions on functional diversity in the vegetation of Central Europe

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Improved demethylation in ecological epigenetic experiments: Testing a simple and harmless foliar demethylation application

scientific article published in 2017

Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments

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Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales

scholarly article by Christian K. Feld et al published December 2009 in Oikos

Intraspecific variability drives functional changes in lichen epiphytic communities across Europe

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Invaders among locals: Alien species decrease phylogenetic and functional diversity while increasing dissimilarity among native community members

scientific article

LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots

scientific article published on 30 January 2022

LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots

Large-scale dark diversity estimates: new perspectives with combined methods

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Linkage of plant trait space to successional age and species richness in boreal forest understorey vegetation

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Linking individual response to biotic interactions with community structure: a trait-based framework

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Linking traits between plants and invertebrate herbivores to track functional effects of land-use changes

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Local topographic and edaphic factors largely predict shrub encroachment in Mediterranean drylands

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Measuring size and composition of species pools: a comparison of dark diversity estimates.

scientific article

Measuring the functional redundancy of biological communities: a quantitative guide

article published in 2016

Morphological and ecophysiological traits shaping altitudinal distribution of three Polylepis treeline species in the dry tropical Andes

scientific article published on 05 October 2009

Multidimensional ecological analyses demonstrate how interactions between functional traits shape fitness and life history strategies

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

New insights into vegetation patterns and processes

scientific article published in January 2014

Niche overlap reveals the effects of competition, disturbance and contrasting assembly processes in experimental grassland communities

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On the importance of intraspecific variability for the quantification of functional diversity

scientific article published on 13 July 2011

On the need for phylogenetic ‘corrections’ in functional trait-based approaches

scholarly article by Francesco de Bello et al published 5 October 2015 in Folia Geobotanica

Partitioning of functional diversity reveals the scale and extent of trait convergence and divergence

Phylogenetic diversity is a weak proxy for functional diversity but they are complementary in explaining community assembly patterns in temperate vegetation

scientific article published in 2023

Plant Nutrient Content Does Not Simply Increase with Elevation under the Extreme Environmental Conditions of Ladakh, NW Himalaya

scientific article published on 24 March 2012

Plant functional traits as determinants of population stability

scientific article published on 10 June 2014

Plant trait assembly affects superiority of grazer's foraging strategies in species-rich grasslands.

scientific article

Plant trait variation along an altitudinal gradient in mediterranean high mountain grasslands: controlling the species turnover effect

scientific article published on 16 March 2015

Positive long-term effect of mulching on species and functional trait diversity in a nutrient-poor mountain meadow in Central Europe

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Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

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Quantifying the relevance of intraspecific trait variability for functional diversity

article published in 2010

Re-visiting historical semi-natural grasslands in the Apennines to assess patterns of changes in species composition and functional traits

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ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Reconciling trait based perspectives along a trait‐integration continuum

scientific article published on 14 July 2021

Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Relating plant species and functional diversity to community δ13C in NE Spain pastures

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Resolving Darwin’s naturalization conundrum: a quest for evidence

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Response of herbaceous vegetation functional diversity to land use change across five sites in Europe and Israel

scholarly article by Sandra Lavorel et al published January 2011 in Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Searching for the Relevance of Clonal and Bud Bank Traits Across Floras and Communities

Serious Research with Great Fun: the Strange Case of Jan Šuspa Lepš (and Other Plant Ecologists)

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Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

scientific article published in 2015

Shift from trait convergence to divergence along old‐field succession

scientific article published on 18 January 2021

Spatial Scale Dependence of Ecological Factors That Regulate Functional and Phylogenetic Assembly in a Mediterranean High Mountain Grassland

scientific article published in 2021

Species richness of limestone grasslands increases with trait overlap: evidence from within- and between-species functional diversity partitioning

scientific article published on 09 December 2013

Stabilizing effects in temporal fluctuations: management, traits and species richness in high-diversity communities

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Taxonomical and functional diversity turnover in Mediterranean grasslands: interactions between grazing, habitat type and rainfall

scientific article published in 2012

Taxonomical vs. functional responses of bee communities to fire in two contrasting climatic regions

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Testing the environmental filtering concept in global drylands

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Testing the stress-gradient hypothesis at the roof of the world: effects of the cushion plant Thylacospermum caespitosum on species assemblages

scientific article

The Density Awakens: A Reply to Blonder

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

The functional structure of plant communities drives soil functioning via changes in soil abiotic properties

scientific article published on 22 September 2022

The neglected importance of floral traits in trait‐based plant community assembly

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

The partitioning of diversity: showing Theseus a way out of the labyrinth

The plant functional traits that explain species occurrence across fragmented grasslands differ according to patch management, isolation, and wetness

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The quest for trait convergence and divergence in community assembly: are null-models the magic wand?

scientific article published on 26 May 2011

The relationship between species and spectral diversity in grassland communities is mediated by their vertical complexity

scientific article published on 14 July 2021

Theδ18O of root crown water best reflects source waterδ18O in different types of herbaceous species

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Towards a Common Toolbox for Rarity: A Response to Violle et al.

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Towards a Unified Functional Trait Framework for Parasites

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Towards a more balanced combination of multiple traits when computing functional differences between species

scientific article published in 2020

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

article by Francesco de Bello et al published 10 April 2010 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Trait assembly in grasslands depends on habitat history and spatial scale

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Trait probability density (TPD): measuring functional diversity across scales based on TPD with R

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Trait-based approaches to analyze links between the drivers of change and ecosystem services: Synthesizing existing evidence and future challenges.

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Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Trait‐based approaches as ecological time machines: Developing tools for reconstructing long‐term variation in ecosystems

scientific article published in 2023

Variations in species and functional plant diversity along climatic and grazing gradients

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Weak coordination between leaf drought tolerance and proxy traits in herbaceous plants

scientific article published on 24 March 2021

Which plant traits respond to aridity? A critical step to assess functional diversity in Mediterranean drylands

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Which randomizations detect convergence and divergence in trait-based community assembly? A test of commonly used null models

article published in 2016

Which trait dissimilarity for functional diversity: trait means or trait overlap?

scientific article published on 02 August 2013

Why we<i>still</i>need permanent plots for vegetation science

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Within-community environmental variability drives trait variability in species-rich grasslands

Within-species variation of seed traits of dune engineering species across a European climatic gradient

scientific article published in 2022

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