Diverse agroecosystems are increasingly being recognized as environmentally and economically sustainable alternatives to biologically simplified, conventional agricultural systems. Evidence suggests that diversity in agroecosystems, in particular the integration of perennial crops or trees (agroforestry), augments nutrient capture and cycling processes; processes that in turnlead to reduced reliance on nutrient or water inputs, air and water pollution abatement, and enhancement of other ecosystem services across multiple spatial and temporal scales. To date, the relationship between perennial planting configurations and crop performance in agroecosystems have typically been evaluated as a suite of isolated parameters (namely growth and reproduction), that vary in relation to site-specific manipulations in environmental condition. In comparison, relatively few studies have explicitly examined how variation in suites of multiple crop functional traits – the physical, chemical, anatomical, or phenological characteristics of individual plants or plant organs that underpin growth, survival, and reproduction – respond concurrently to management regimes, or are in turn correlated with management goals. This despite important management-related insights that might be gained from such analyses.