Plant modularity traits relevant to functions of on-spot persistence, space occupancy,
resprouting after disturbance, as well as resource storage, sharing, and foraging have been
underrepresented in functional ecology so far. This knowledge gap exists for multiple
reasons. First, these functions and related traits have been considered less important than
others (eg, resource economics, organ-based traits). Second, collecting data for modularity
traits can be difficult. Third, as a consequence of the previous points, there is a lack of …