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Trait-based Ecological Models

Trait-Based Ecological Models is a class of ecological modeling frameworks that uses species traits—measurable characteristics influencing fitness and ecosystem function—as the primary organizing principle to predict species interactions, community assembly, and ecosystem dynamics, distinguishing it from taxon-based models by emphasizing functional attributes over phylogenetic identity.

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Rebuilding community ecology from functional traits

Brian J. McGill, Brian J. Enquist, Evan Weiher et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2006 · 4.6K citations · Full text

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Assembly and response rules: two goals for predictive community ecology

Paul A. Keddy · Journal of Vegetation Science · 1992 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Landscape Filters and Species Traits: Towards Mechanistic Understanding and Prediction in Stream Ecology

N. LeRoy Poff · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 1997 · 1.8K citations

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Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton

Elena Litchman, Christopher A. Klausmeier · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2008 · 1.3K citations

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Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants

Katharine N. Suding, Sandra Lavorel, F. Stuart Chapin et al. · Global Change Biology · 2008 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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    Francesco de Bello

    University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czechia

    11 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Daniel C. Laughlin

    University of Wyoming, United States

    11 publications · 2K citations

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    Peter M. van Bodegom

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    10 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Bill Shipley

    Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

    8 publications · 416 citations

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    Sandra Lavorel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 2.6K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    99 publications

    18.6K citations

  2. Université de Sherbrooke

    Sherbrooke, Canada

    17 h-index

    27 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    15 h-index

    40 publications

    6.2K citations

  4. Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

    Montpellier, France

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    4.2K citations

  5. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    29 publications

    3.5K citations

  6. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

    Leipzig, Germany

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    4.2K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. École Pratique des Hautes Études

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    2.1K citations

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  1. Ecology

    23 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. Functional Ecology

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Ecology Letters

    16 publications · 6K citations

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  4. Ecological Modelling

    15 publications · 487 citations

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  5. Oikos

    14 publications · 710 citations

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