Aim The drivers of species assembly, by limiting the possible range of functional trait values,
can lead to either convergent or divergent distributions of traits in realized assemblages …

Biotic and abiotic factors interact with dominant plants—the locally most frequent or with the
largest coverage—and nondominant plants differently, partially because dominant plants …

Question Is the strength of phylogenetic trait conservatism in the species pool reflected in the
ability of α‐and β‐scale phylogenetic diversity indicators to detect niche‐based assembly …

Spatial environmental heterogeneity is considered a fundamental factor for the maintenance
of plant species richness. However, it still remains unclear whether heterogeneity may also …

Environmental filtering and niche differentiation are processes proposed to drive community
assembly, generating nonrandom patterns in community trait distributions. Despite the …

Ecological differences between coexisting species within plant communities can be
assessed by considering functional and phylogenetic dissimilarities either separately or in a …

Species enter and persist in local communities because of their ecological fit to local
conditions, and recently, ecologists have moved from measuring diversity as species …

Assembly of plant communities has long been scrutinized through the lens of trait‐based
ecology. Studies generally analyse functional traits related to the vegetative growth, survival …

Understanding the mechanisms of trait selection at the scale of plant communities is a
crucial step toward predicting community assembly. Although it is commonly assumed that …

Disentangling the mechanisms that shape community assembly across diversity gradients is
a central matter in ecology. While many studies have explored community assembly through …