Papers

  • Baesseler, M., Jaeger, E. J., Werner, K. [Eds.] (1996): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Bd. 2 Gefaesspflanzen, 16.Auflage Jena (Fischer-Verlag), 639 pages,
  • Berg, B. & McClaugherty, C. (2008) Plant Litter - Decomposition, Humus Formation, Carbon Sequestration. Springer-Verlag, Berlin (ISBN 978-3-540-74922-6)
  • Ellenberg, H., Weber, H. E., Duell, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1992): Zeigerwerte der Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa, 2nd edition, Scripta Geobotanica, Vol. 18, Goltze KG, Goettingen
  • Garnier, E., Navas, M.-L. & Grigulis, K. (2016) Plant Functional Diversity - Organism Traits, Community Structure, and Ecosystem Properties. Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Jaeger, E. J.& Werner K. [Eds.] (2002): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefaesspflanzen: Kritischer Band, Berlin, Spectrum, 948 pages
  • Jaeger, J.E. [Eds.] (2011): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefaesspflanzen: Grundband. Spectrum Akademischer Verlag
  • Kleyer, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Bakker, J.P., Thompson, K., Sonnenschein, M., Poschlod, P., Van Groenendael, J.M., Klime, L., Klimeová, J., Klotz, S., Rusch, G.M., Hermy, M., Adriaens, D., Boedeltje, G., Bossuyt, B., Dannemann, A., Endels, P., Goetzenberger, L., Hodgson, J.G., Jackel, A.-K., Kuehn, I., Kunzmann, D., Ozinga, W.A., Roemermann, C., Stadler, M., Schlegelmilch, J., Steendam, H.J., Tackenberg, O., Wilmann, B., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Eriksson, O., Garnier, E. and Peco, B. (2008), The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora. Journal of Ecology, 96: 1266?1274. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01430.x
  • Klotz, S., Kuehn, I. & Durka, W. [Eds.] (2002): BIOLFLOR - Eine Datenbank zu biologisch-oekologischen Merkmalen der Gefaesspflanzen in Deutschland. - Schriftenreihe fuer Vegetationskunde 38. Bonn: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz.
  • Legendre, P. & Fortin, M. (1989) Spatial pattern and ecological analysis. Vegetatio, 80, 107-138.
  • Mayr, E. (1942) Systematics and the origin of species. Columbia University Press, New-York.
  • McCormack et al. (2015) Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes. New Phytologist (2015) 207: 505-518 doi: 10.1111/nph.13363
  • Pérez-Harguindeguy N., Díaz S., Garnier E., Lavorel S., Poorter H., Jaureguiberry P., Bret-Harte M. S., Cornwell W. K., Craine J. M., Gurvich D. E., Urcelay C., Veneklaas E. J., Reich P. B., Poorter L., Wright I. J., Ray P., Enrico L., Pausas J. G., de Vos A. C., Buchmann N., Funes G., Quétier F., Hodgson J. G., Thompson K., Morgan H. D., ter Steege H., van der Heijden M. G. A., Sack L., Blonder B., Poschlod P., Vaieretti M. V., Conti G., Staver A. C., Aquino S., Cornelissen J. H. C. (2013) New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany 61, 167-234
  • Raunkiaer, C. (1934): The lifeforms of plants and statistical plant geography. Oxford, 632 pages and Raunkiaer, C (1937): Plant life forms. Oxford (Claredon Press), 104 pages,
  • Saina, J.D., Schillinga, E.B., Aust. W.M. (2012) Evaluation of coarse woody debris and forest litter based on harvest treatment in a tupelo-cypress wetland. Forest Ecology and Management Volume 280, Pages 2-8 doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.001 ;
  • Singer, M. C. (2000) Reducing ambiguity in describing plant-insect interactions: 'preference', 'acceptability' and 'electivity'. Ecology Letters, 3, 159-162.
  • Stahl, G., & Dolloff, C. A. (2006). Coarse woody debris. Encyclopedia of Environmetrics. Volume 1, Edited by Abdel H. El-Shaarawi and Walter W. Piegorsch; pp 361-363 (ISBN 0471 899976) John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester,
  • Sukopp, H. (1972): Wandel von Flora und Vegetation in Mitteleuropa unter dem Einfluss des Menschen. Berichte ueber Landwirtschaft 50:S 112-139
  • Thompson, K., Band, S. R., and Hodgson, J. G., Seed size and shape predict persistence in soil, Functional Ecology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 236-241, 1993
  • Underwood, A.J., Chapman, M.G. & Crowe, T.P. (2004) Identifying and understanding ecological preferences for habitat or prey. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 300, 161-187.
  • US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, 2007. National Core Field Guide, vol. II: Field Data Collection Procedures for Phase Three Plots. USDA Forest Service, p. 33.
  • Violle, C., Navas, M. L., Vile, D., Kazakou, E., Fortunel, C., Hummel, I., & Garnier, E. (2007). Let the concept of trait be functional!. Oikos, 116(5), 882-892.
  • Williamson, G. B., & Wiemann, M. C. (2010). Measuring wood specific gravity correctly. American Journal of Botany, 97(3), 519-524.

Curators

  • Eric Garnier, Jens Kattge, Stefan Klotz, Ingolf Kühn, Ulrike Stahl

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