Laughlin, Daniel C.Lusk, Christopher H.Bellingham, Peter J.Burslem, David F. R. P.Simpson, Angela H.Kramer-Walter, Kris R.2017-09-222017-09-222017-11Laughlin, D C, Lusk, C H, Bellingham, P J, Burslem, D F R P, Simpson, A H & Kramer-Walter, K R 2017, 'Intraspecific trait variation can weaken interspecific trait correlations when assessing the whole-plant economic spectrum', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, no. 21, pp. 8936-8949. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.34472045-7758ORCID: /0000-0001-6033-0990/work/68492836http://hdl.handle.net/2164/9334This research was supported by a grant (UOW1201) from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (DCL), Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP1094606 (CHL), core funding to Landcare Research from New Zealand's Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment's Science and Innovation Group and a Hayward Fellowship (PJB and DFRPB), and University of Waikato Scholarships (AHS, KRK-W). DATA ACCESSIBILITY All data used in this study, including all plant traits, by species, for cultivated juveniles, wild juveniles, and wild mature trees are available online at Landcare Research Datastore, https://doi.org/10.7931/j2qn64wd (Laughlin et al., 2017).14821997engfine root tissue densityleaf economic spectrumontogenetic developmentrelative growth rateroot economic spectrumwood densitywood economic spectrumQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1002/ece3.3447721