In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Hannah Carle – a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University – discusses the article “Trait variation driven by tree size more than environment and shows limited translation to species vital rates“, which was published in Functional Ecology in August 2026. Hannah discusses the challenges of linking traits with species survival … Continue reading Hannah Carle | Trait variation driven by tree size more than environment and shows limited translation to species vital rates