Background Below-ground bud banks have experienced much recent interest due to
discoveries that they (1) account for the majority of seasonal population renewal in many …

Abstract Perennial, temperate, C 4 grasses, such as switchgrass and miscanthus have been
tabbed as sources of herbaceous biomass for the production of green fuels and chemicals …

Beta diversity, which measures the variation in community composition along environmental
gradients, has great significance for biodiversity conservation and nature reserve …

In arid and semi‐arid ecosystems, there are legacies of previous‐year precipitation on
current‐year above‐ground net primary production. We hypothesized that legacies of past …

Understanding what constrains the persistence of species in communities is at the heart of
community assembly theory and its application to conserving and enhancing biodiversity …

The response of compensatory growth is an important adaptive strategy for plants to grazing.
However, most previous studies on compensatory growth of plants focused on the …

Because most shoot recruitment in perennial grasses occurs from belowground axillary
buds, bud dynamics determine plant population dynamics and meristem limitation to …

Ecological restoration aims to augment and steer the composition and contribution of
propagules for community regeneration in degraded environments. We quantified patterns …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Reproduction often requires significant investment and can
move resources away from growth and maintenance; maintaining a balance between …

Wild relatives offer a diversity of traits potentially useful in crop improvement. Identification of
major genes for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, in conjunction with targeted …