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D. Laughlin

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D. Laughlin — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 50
Works: 145
Citations: 12K

Most-cited papers

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants
J. Bergmann, A. Weigelt, F. van der Plas, D. Laughlin +16 more
2020Science Advances904 citations Open access
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Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition
G. Kunstler, D. Falster, D. Coomes, Francis K. C. Hui +32 more
2015Nature887 citations Open access
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Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area.
Sarah Greenwood, P. Ruiz-Benito, J. Martínez-Vilalta, F. Lloret +8 more
2017Ecology Letters477 citations Open access
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Reinforcing loose foundation stones in trait-based plant ecology
B. Shipley, F. de Bello, J. Cornelissen, É. Laliberté +2 more
2016Oecologia459 citations Open access
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An integrated framework of plant form and function: The belowground perspective.
A. Weigelt, L. Mommer, K. Andraczek, C. Iversen +19 more
2021New Phytologist405 citations Open access
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Fitness of multidimensional phenotypes in dynamic adaptive landscapes.
D. Laughlin, J. Messier
2015Trends in Ecology & Evolution309 citations
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A predictive model of community assembly that incorporates intraspecific trait variation.
D. Laughlin, Chaitanya Joshi, P. V. van Bodegom, Zachary A Bastow +1 more
2012Ecology Letters278 citations
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The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset
Sandra Díaz, J. Kattge, J. Cornelissen, I. Wright +142 more
2022Scientific Data250 citations Open access
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Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions
E. Butler, A. Datta, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Ming Chen +47 more
2017Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America239 citations Open access
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AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora
D. Falster, R. Gallagher, Elizabeth H. Wenk, Ian Wright +214 more
2021Scientific Data190 citations Open access
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Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database
Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez, L. Mommer, G. Freschet, C. Iversen +45 more
2020bioRxiv186 citations Open access
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A methodology to derive global maps of leaf traits using remote sensing and climate data
Á. Moreno-Martínez, Gustau Camps-Valls, J. Kattge, Nathaniel P. Robinson +18 more
2018Remote Sensing of Environment184 citations Open access
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The Net Effect of Functional Traits on Fitness.
D. Laughlin, Jennifer R. Gremer, P. Adler, Rachel M. Mitchell +1 more
2020Trends in Ecology & Evolution161 citations Open access
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Soil fertility induces coordinated responses of multiple independent functional traits
M. M. Jager, S. Richardson, P. Bellingham, M. Clearwater +1 more
2015160 citations
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Seeing the forest for the genes: using metagenomics to infer the aggregated traits of microbial communities
N. Fierer, A. Barberán, D. Laughlin
2014Frontiers in Microbiology144 citations Open access
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Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs
D. Laughlin, L. Mommer, Francesco Maria Sabatini, H. Bruelheide +37 more
2021Nature Ecology & Evolution139 citations Open access
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Root nutrient concentration and biomass allocation are more plastic than morphological traits in response to nutrient limitation
Kris Kramer-Walter, D. Laughlin
2017Plant and Soil133 citations
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Woody debris and tree regeneration dynamics following severe wildfires in Arizona ponderosa pine forests
J. P. Roccaforte, P. Fulé, W. Chancellor, D. Laughlin
2012124 citations
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Robustness of trait connections across environmental gradients and growth forms
Habacuc Flores-Moreno, F. Fazayeli, Arindam Banerjee, A. Datta +23 more
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography122 citations Open access
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Soil–climate interactions explain variation in foliar, stem, root and reproductive traits across temperate forests
A. H. Simpson, S. Richardson, D. Laughlin
2016104 citations
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Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: the importance of trait covariance in community assembly.
J. Dwyer, D. Laughlin
2017Ecology Letters103 citations
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Factors influencing ponderosa pine regeneration in the southwestern USA
Joshua J. Puhlick, D. Laughlin, M. M. Moore
2012101 citations
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Conservative leaf economic traits correlate with fast growth of genotypes of a foundation riparian species near the thermal maximum extent of its geographic range
K. Grady, D. Laughlin, Sharon M. Ferrier, T. Kolb +3 more
201388 citations Open access
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Invasive species' leaf traits and dissimilarity from natives shape their impact on nitrogen cycling: a meta-analysis.
Marissa R Lee, E. Bernhardt, P. V. van Bodegom, J. Cornelissen +7 more
2017New Phytologist85 citations Open access
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The hierarchy of predictability in ecological restoration: are vegetation structure and functional diversity more predictable than community composition?
D. Laughlin, Robert T. Strahan, M. M. Moore, P. Fulé +2 more
201782 citations Open access
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Root carbon inputs under moderately diverse sward and conventional ryegrass-clover pasture: implications for soil carbon sequestration
S. McNally, D. Laughlin, S. Rutledge, M. Dodd +2 more
2015Plant and Soil81 citations Open access
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Survival rates indicate that correlations between community-weighted mean traits and environments can be unreliable estimates of the adaptive value of traits.
D. Laughlin, Robert T. Strahan, P. Adler, M. M. Moore
2018Ecology Letters79 citations
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Assessing the reliability of predicted plant trait distributions at the global scale
Coline C. F. Boonman, Ana Benítez‐López, A. Schipper, W. Thuiller +13 more
2020Global Ecology and Biogeography71 citations Open access
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Intraspecific trait variation can weaken interspecific trait correlations when assessing the whole‐plant economic spectrum
D. Laughlin, C. Lusk, P. Bellingham, D. Burslem +2 more
2017Ecology and Evolution64 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic patterns and phenotypic profiles of the species of plants and mammals farmed for food
R. Milla, Jesús M. Bastida, Martin M. Turcotte, G. Jones +15 more
2018Nature Ecology & Evolution62 citations Open access
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Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem
Charles K. Lee, D. Laughlin, E. Bottos, T. Caruso +20 more
2019Communications Biology58 citations Open access
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Niche opportunities for invasive annual plants in dryland ecosystems are controlled by disturbance, trophic interactions, and rainfall
R. Gill, R. O'Connor, Aaron C. Rhodes, Tara B. B. Bishop +2 more
2018Oecologia58 citations
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Large leaves in warm, moist environments confer an advantage in seedling light interception efficiency.
C. Lusk, Ella Grierson, D. Laughlin
2019New Phytologist57 citations Open access
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The importance of trait selection in ecology
A. Weigelt, L. Mommer, K. Andraczek, C. Iversen +18 more
2023Nature55 citations Open access
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Regeneration patterns, environmental filtering and tree species coexistence in a temperate forest.
C. Lusk, D. Laughlin
2017New Phytologist53 citations Open access
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Quantifying multimodal trait distributions improves trait-based predictions of species abundances and functional diversity
D. Laughlin, Chaitanya Joshi, S. Richardson, D. Peltzer +2 more
201551 citations
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Frost and leaf-size gradients in forests: global patterns and experimental evidence.
C. Lusk, M. Clearwater, D. Laughlin, S. Harrison +3 more
2018New Phytologist50 citations Open access
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Climatic limits of temperate rainforest tree species are explained by xylem embolism resistance among angiosperms but not among conifers.
D. Laughlin, S. Delzon, M. Clearwater, P. Bellingham +2 more
2020New Phytologist48 citations Open access
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A Framework for Community Ecology
P. Keddy, D. Laughlin
202147 citations
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Environmental filters of freshwater fish community assembly along elevation and latitudinal gradients
M. Kirk, F. Rahel, D. Laughlin
2021Global Ecology and Biogeography47 citations Open access
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Alternative designs and tropical tree seedling growth performance landscapes.
S. J. Worthy, D. Laughlin, Jenny Zambrano, M. Umaña +4 more
2020Ecology47 citations Open access
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Functional and environmental determinants of bark thickness in fire-free temperate rain forest communities.
S. Richardson, D. Laughlin, M. Lawes, R. Holdaway +5 more
2015American-Eurasian journal of botany46 citations Open access
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Environmental Filtering and Positive Plant Litter Feedback Simultaneously Explain Correlations Between Leaf Traits and Soil Fertility
D. Laughlin, S. Richardson, E. F. Wright, P. Bellingham
2015Ecosystems46 citations
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Exotic weeds and fluctuating microclimate can constrain native plant regeneration in urban forest restoration.
K. Wallace, D. Laughlin, B. Clarkson
2017Ecological Applications45 citations Open access
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Shifts in community‐level traits and functional diversity in a mixed conifer forest: a legacy of land‐use change
Robert T. Strahan, Andrew J. S. Anchez Meador, D. Huffman, D. Laughlin
201639 citations Open access
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Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth.
D. Laughlin, A. Siefert, Jesse R. Fleri, S. Tumber-Dávila +34 more
2023New Phytologist38 citations Open access
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Linking functional traits and demography to model species-rich communities
L. Chalmandrier, Florian Hartig, D. Laughlin, H. Lischke +3 more
2021Nature Communications35 citations Open access
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Accuracy assessment of land surface temperature retrievals from Landsat 7 ETM + in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica using iButton temperature loggers and weather station data
L. Brabyn, P. Zawar-Reza, Glen A. Stichbury, C. Cary +3 more
2014Environmental Monitoring & Assessment34 citations
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Abiotic factors influence patterns of bacterial diversity and community composition in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
E. Bottos, D. Laughlin, C. Herbold, Charles K. Lee +2 more
2020FEMS Microbiology Ecology33 citations Open access
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Rocky Mountain forests are poised to recover following bark beetle outbreaks but with altered composition
K. Rodman, Robert A. Andrus, Amanda R. Carlson, Trevor A. Carter +23 more
2022Journal of Ecology31 citations
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