How functional traits modify species niche occupancy and community assembly is a vital question in ecology. He et al. measure specific leaf area for over 5000 plants with more than 1700 observational locations.
Dolines, small to large-sized bowl-shaped depressions of karst surfaces, may constitute important microrefugia for many vascular plants, as thermal inversion maintains cooler conditions within them. Bátori et al. study...