Francesco de Bello

Research interests

Publications

• Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2021 · 10.1016/j.tree.2021.05.001

• Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 10.1073/pnas.1920405117

• Traits Without Borders: Integrating Functional Diversity Across Scales

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2016 · 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.003

• Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology

  Oecologia · 2016 · 10.1007/s00442-016-3549-x

• Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

  Functional Ecology · 2016 · 10.1111/1365-2435.12776

• Measuring the functional redundancy of biological communities: a quantitative guide

  Methods in Ecology and Evolution · 2016 · 10.1111/2041-210x.12604

• A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

  Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-123320

• Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

  Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054400

• A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2013 · 10.1111/jvs.12083

• A guide for using functional diversity indices to reveal changes in assembly processes along ecological gradients

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2012 · 10.1111/jvs.12013

• Assessing species and community functional responses to environmental gradients: which multivariate methods?

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01402.x

• Hierarchical effects of environmental filters on the functional structure of plant communities: a case study in the French Alps

  Ecography · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07438.x

• DNA from soil mirrors plant taxonomic and growth form diversity

  Molecular Ecology · 2012 · 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05545.x

• Ecological assembly rules in plant communities—approaches, patterns and prospects

  Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.2011.00187.x

• Community trait response to environment: disentangling species turnover vs intraspecific trait variability effects

  Ecography · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06904.x

• Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

  Biodiversity and Conservation · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9850-9

• Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

  Biodiversity and Conservation · 2010 · 10.1007/s10531-010-9798-9

• The partitioning of diversity: showing Theseus a way out of the labyrinth

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2010 · 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01195.x

• Resolving Darwin’s naturalization conundrum: a quest for evidence

  Diversity and Distributions · 2010 · 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00645.x

• Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

  BioScience · 2009 · 10.1525/bio.2009.59.3.7

• Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales

  Oikos · 2009 · 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17860.x

• CLO‐PLA: the database of clonal and bud bank traits of Central European flora§

  Journal of Vegetation Science · 2009 · 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01050.x

• Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704716104

• Variations in species and functional plant diversity along climatic and grazing gradients

  Ecography · 2006 · 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04683.x

• Quantifying and interpreting functional diversity of natural communities: practical considerations matter

  HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2006

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