F. van der Plas

The paper examines the relationship between evolutionary age and range size in species, finding that age correlates with larger ranges but this effect is modulated by insularity and dispersal ability.

The paper shows that land use intensity reduces species richness by decreasing niche differences, not competitive inequalities, and highlights the importance of stabilizing interactions for biodiversity.

The paper quantifies how vegetation characteristics influence sediment and nutrient retention on but not underneath vegetation in floodplain meadows during floods.

This paper identifies optimal grassland compositions for ecosystem services using simulation and an online tool, showing that mixed intensity landscapes can maximize multifunctionality when services trade-off.

The paper creates the Global Root Trait (GRooT) Database to integrate root trait data into large-scale analyses by standardizing and curating root trait records from diverse studies.

The paper identifies a collaboration gradient in root economics that expands the traditional fast-slow resource acquisition spectrum by incorporating mycorrhizal partnerships.

This study shows that plant traits poorly predict long-term ecosystem functioning, with only moderate explanatory power across years.

This paper compares biodiversity experiments to real-world plant communities and finds that experimental results are robust to the inclusion of unrealistic communities.