Question Hemiparasitic plants can profoundly affect the structure of the community in which
they occur, mainly due to parasitic suppression of hosts. As a consequence, non‐host …

Restoration of species-rich, semi-natural grasslands is one of the key conservation
challenges in Europe. Many of these grasslands have lost their diversity due to agricultural …

Summary 1 We studied the relationship between the diversity of grassland communities and
the effects of the generalist hemiparasitic plant Rhinanthus alectorolophus. We compared …

Two semelparous biennial hemiparasites of wet grasslands, Pedicularis palustris and P.
sylvatica (Scrophulariaceae), have been declining in the Czech Republic due to land …

Root hemiparasitic plants both compete with and extract resources from host plants. By
reducing the abundance of dominant plants and releasing subordinates from competitive …

Summary 1 Species‐rich grasslands are of high conservation value because of the diverse
floral and faunal assemblages they support. Intensive agriculture has resulted in the large …

Hemiparasitic plants can substantially change plant community structure; the drainage of
host resources has a direct negative effect on host biomass and, as a consequence …

Questions Is the incidence of root hemiparasitic plants in non‐forest vegetation associated
with high diversity? Are root hemiparasites more associated with species‐rich vegetation …

Hemiparasitic plants are considered ecosystem engineers because they can modify the
interactions between hosts and other organisms. Thereby, they may affect vegetation …

We performed a quantitative literature review on the effect of the root hemiparasite
Rhinanthus on vegetation standing crop.(1) Across all available experimental studies in …