Ben Blonder

Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley

Works: 49 total (24 publications, 25 datasets, 0 documents)

Projects (2)

Plant community dynamics in a changing environment

Predicting the responses of species to environmental change is a key goal for community ecology, especially in applied m...

activeEcology and Evolutionary biology

Research Plan

Plant community response to environmental change

completedEcology and Evolutionary biology

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Article

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

2026American Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.1002/ajb2.70151

Article

Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

2025OikosDOI: 10.1002/oik.11279

Article

Climate lags and genetics determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

2023New PhytologistDOI: 10.1111/nph.18850Cited 9 times

Article

Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023OikosDOI: 10.1111/oik.09235Cited 4 times

Dataset

Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023DOI: 10.6078/D1342BCited 1 times

Dataset

bblonder/aspen_phenology_remote_sensing: v1.0.0

2023DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7675586

Publication

Carrying the moral burden of safe fieldwork

2022Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Article

Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen

2022Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.16064Cited 12 times

Dataset

Aspen ploidy level and cover maps from NEON Airborne Observation Platform, 2018, Crested Butte, Colorado

2022DOI: 10.15485/1779716

Article

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

2021Ecological ApplicationsDOI: 10.1002/eap.2438Cited 10 times

Article

Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

2021EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3548Cited 14 times

Dataset

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

2021DOI: 10.6078/D1898WCited 1 times

Dataset

Annually collected demography data from an alpine plant community on Mt. Baldy, Colorado (38.978725°N, 107.042104°W, ~3540 masl).

2021DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4632220

Dataset

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane, and alpine plant communities

2021DOI: 10.6078/D1NQ59Cited 1 times

Dataset

bblonder/aspen_neon: Code supporting Blonder et al., "Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen"

2021DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5800132

Article

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

2020Functional EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13643Cited 43 times

Article

Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)

2020Journal of Ecology

Article

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

2020Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904Cited 2003 times

Article

Integrating airborne remote sensing and field campaigns for ecology and Earth system science

2020Methods in EcologyDOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13463Cited 64 times

Dataset

Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017

2020DOI: 10.5285/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1

Dataset

bblonder/flir_thermal_control: Initial release

2020DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3951688

Dataset

bblonder/thermal_analysis: Initial release

2020DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3951689

Dataset

Spectral data for quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) clones of different ploidy levels

2019DOI: 10.5285/d663aeb9-1e3e-40f7-ab9e-494e7646faeb

Article

A model for leaf temperature decoupling from air temperature

2018Agricultural and Forest MeteorologyDOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.07.012Cited 89 times

Article

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

2018Journal of EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12973Cited 93 times

Article

Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size related traits across the tundra biome

2018Global ecology and biogeography

Article

Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

2018Journal of Biogeography

Article

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

2018NatureDOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7Cited 703 times

Dataset

Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.33410Cited 1 times

Dataset

Does environmental heterogeneity drive functional trait variation? A test in montane and alpine meadows

2017OikosDOI: 10.1111/oik.04311Cited 106 times

Dataset

Temperature data

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/4

Dataset

Plant height and species information

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/2

Dataset

Soil moisure values

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/3

Dataset

Leaf trait data

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/1

Thesis

Leaf venation networks link climate change to plant form and function

2014

Article

Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

2014New PhytologistDOI: 10.1111/nph.12780Cited 54 times

Article

Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient

2014PNASDOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317722111Cited 421 times

Article

Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

2014Journal of Vegetation ScienceDOI: 10.1111/jvs.12190Cited 464 times

Article

Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in Populus tremuloides

2013Journal of EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12102Cited 84 times

Article

X-ray imaging of leaf venation networks

2012New PhytologistDOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04355.xCited 81 times

Ben Blonder

Projects (2)

Plant community dynamics in a changing environment

Plant community response to environmental change

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 60 entities)

Works (49)

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes

Climate lags and genetics determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

bblonder/aspen_phenology_remote_sensing: v1.0.0

Carrying the moral burden of safe fieldwork

Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen

Aspen ploidy level and cover maps from NEON Airborne Observation Platform, 2018, Crested Butte, Colorado

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Annually collected demography data from an alpine plant community on Mt. Baldy, Colorado (38.978725°N, 107.042104°W, ~3540 masl).

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane, and alpine plant communities

bblonder/aspen_neon: Code supporting Blonder et al., "Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen"

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.)

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Integrating airborne remote sensing and field campaigns for ecology and Earth system science

Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017

bblonder/flir_thermal_control: Initial release

bblonder/thermal_analysis: Initial release

Spectral data for quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) clones of different ploidy levels

A model for leaf temperature decoupling from air temperature

Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics

Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size related traits across the tundra biome

Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics

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Does environmental heterogeneity drive functional trait variation? A test in montane and alpine meadows

Temperature data

Plant height and species information

Soil moisure values

Leaf trait data

Leaf venation networks link climate change to plant form and function

Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient

Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in Populus tremuloides

X-ray imaging of leaf venation networks