specific leaf area

article

Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient

2021Ecospheremeasured variable

student_paper

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

2021measured

student_paper

The spatial variation of leaf traits in Ipomopsis according to soil moisture and snow depth

2021measured

article

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

2020Global Change Biologymeasured variable

student_paper

Impacts of snowmelt timing and precipitation on the expression of vegetative traits and floral traits in Ipomopsis aggregata

2020measured

article

Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production

2019Oecologiameasured

article

Context dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients

2019Ecographymeasured

article

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Watermeasured

student_paper

The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits

2019measured

thesis

The persistent maladaptation of Pieris macdunnoughii: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019measured variable

article

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

2018Naturemeasured variable

article

Plant dominance in a subalpine montane meadow: biotic vs. abiotic controls of subordinate diversity within and across sites

2018PeerJmeasured

article

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

2018Global ecology and biogeographymeasured

student_paper

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

2018central

student_paper

The impacts of early snowmelt and summer precipitation on the physiology and leaf morphology of Ipomopsis aggregata

2018measured

thesis

Disintegration of the leaf economic spectrum within and across Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) genotypes

2018measured variable

article

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

2017Journal of Plant Ecologymeasured

article

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

2017Oikosmeasured

article

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

2017Evolution Lettersmeasured

thesis

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

2017measured variable

thesis

Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of Populus tremuloides Michx. with Climate

2017measured variable

student_paper

Correlation of leaf and community traits and various spectra in meadows along an elevation gradient

2016measured

student_paper

How do Plant Traits Affect Thermoregulation?

2016measured variable

student_paper

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an Ipomopsis hybrid zone

2016measured

thesis

Productivity of Montane Meadows in a Warming World: Evidence from an Elevation Gradient and a Warming Experiment

2016measured variable

thesis

Individual variation in plant traits drives species interactions, ecosystem functioning, and responses to global change.

2016measured variable

article

Plasticity in functional traits in the context of climate change: A case study of the subalpine forb Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae)

2015Global Change Biologymeasured

article

Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general trait driver theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories

2015Advances in Ecological Researchmeasured variable

student_paper

How an environment's moisture heterogeneity affects a community's traits

2015measured

student_paper

Direct and Indirect Consequences of Climate Change on Net Ecosystem Exchange.

2015measured

student_paper

Causes and consequences of dominant and subdominant plant species effects on ecosystem function: using above-and belowground traits in an alpine meadow system

2015measured

student_paper

Elevational and temporal variation in Ipomopsis floral and vegetative traits.

2015measured

article

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

2014Journal of Vegetation Sciencemeasured variable

article

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of Botanycentral

student_paper

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

2014central

student_paper

Trichome density differences in Boechera stricta across an elevational gradient.

2014central

student_paper

Competitive hierarchy or niche packing? An examination of the effects of competition on community.

2014measured

student_paper

Plant community light efficiency: measuring light response as a function of both photosynthesis irradiance.

2014measured

article

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

2013Journal of Ecologymeasured

student_paper

The effect of plant trait variation on plant production

2013central

student_paper

Plasticity and changes in selection in response to changing precipitation regimes

2013measured

student_paper

Trait variations of Boechera stricta along an elevation gradient

2013measured

student_paper

Genetic and environmental variation in leaf traits and physiology of Ipomopsis

2012measured

student_paper

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

2011central

student_paper

Intraspecific trait variation affects community distributions of alpine meadow plant communities

2010measured

student_paper

Water-use efficiency may influence the distribution of Ipomopsis aggregata, I. tenuituba, and their natural hybrids along an environmental gradient

2009measured

student_paper

Assessing Two Plant Leaf Functional Traits across a Temperature Gradient

2006central

student_paper

Physiological and Morphological Changes in Ipomopsis aggregata Along an Elevational Gradient

2006measured

article

The response of Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae) and its herbivores to

2003URBEEmeasured

article

Ecological Feedbacks to Global Warming: Extending Results from Plot to Landscape Scale

1998measured variable

article

Terrestrial ecosytem feedbacks to global climate change

1997Annual Review Energy Environmentmeasured variable

specific leaf area

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Predicting the contribution of single trait evolution to rescuing a plant population from demographic impacts of climate change

Effects of water availability on expression of vegetative traits in Ipomopsis across space and time

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone

From legacy contamination to watershed systems science: a review of scientific insights and technologies developed through DOE-supported research in water and energy security

High-Resolution Snow-Covered Area Mapping in Forested Mountain Ecosystems Using PlanetScope Imagery

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phenotypic plasticity

climate change

trait variation

functional traits

ecosystem function

carbon cycling

elevational gradients

intraspecific variation

photosynthetic rate

leaf water content

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Ipomopsis

Ipomopsis aggregata

I. aggregata

Festuca

Potentilla

Populus

I. tenuituba

Arabidopsis

Erigeron

herbaceous plants

Phenotypic plasticity and selection on leaf traits in response to snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

Snowmelt Timing Leads to Plasticity and Alters Natural Selection on Leaf Traits in <i> Ipomopsis </i>

The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

Climate and multiple dimensions of plant diversity regulate ecosystem carbon exchange along an elevational gradient

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

The spatial variation of leaf traits in <i> Ipomopsis </i> according to soil moisture and snow depth

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Impacts of snowmelt timing and precipitation on the expression of vegetative traits and floral traits in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production

Context dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

The Direct and Interactive Effects of Warming and Species Interaction on Plant Functional Traits

The persistent maladaptation of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i>: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

Plant dominance in a subalpine montane meadow: biotic vs. abiotic controls of subordinate diversity within and across sites

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

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

The impacts of early snowmelt and summer precipitation on the physiology and leaf morphology of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Disintegration of the leaf economic spectrum within and across Quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) genotypes

Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

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

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx. with Climate

Correlation of leaf and community traits and various spectra in meadows along an elevation gradient

How do Plant Traits Affect Thermoregulation?

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone

Productivity of Montane Meadows in a Warming World: Evidence from an Elevation Gradient and a Warming Experiment

Individual variation in plant traits drives species interactions, ecosystem functioning, and responses to global change.

Plasticity in functional traits in the context of climate change: A case study of the subalpine forb Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae)

Scaling from traits to ecosystems: Developing a general trait driver theory via integrating trait-based and metabolic scaling theories

How an environment's moisture heterogeneity affects a community's traits

Direct and Indirect Consequences of Climate Change on Net Ecosystem Exchange.

Causes and consequences of dominant and subdominant plant species effects on ecosystem function: using above-and belowground traits in an alpine meadow system

Elevational and temporal variation in Ipomopsis floral and vegetative traits.

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

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

Trichome density differences in Boechera stricta across an elevational gradient.

Competitive hierarchy or niche packing? An examination of the effects of competition on community.

Plant community light efficiency: measuring light response as a function of both photosynthesis irradiance.

Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in <i>Populus tremuloides</i>

The effect of plant trait variation on plant production

Plasticity and changes in selection in response to changing precipitation regimes

Trait variations of <i>Boechera stricta</i> along an elevation gradient

Genetic and environmental variation in leaf traits and physiology of <i>Ipomopsis</i>