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 …

Grassland and other herbaceous communities cover significant portions of Earth's terrestrial
surface and provide many critical services, such as carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat …

Extreme drought events can directly decrease productivity in perennial grasslands.
However, for rhizomatous perennial grasses it remains unknown how drought events …

Many of the most invasive plant species in the world can propagate clonally, suggesting
clonality offers advantages that facilitate invasion. Gaining insights into the clonal growth …

Abstract Background and Aims Understanding the changes in below-ground bud bank
density and composition along a climatic gradient is essential for the exploration of species …

Climate change and disturbance can alter invasion success of clonal plants by differentially
affecting the clonal traits influencing their establishment as young plants. Clonal traits …

Do semi-fossorial herbivores influence the trajectory of plant community succession by
altering belowground bud density in alpine meadows? Field surveys were carried out to …

Invasive clonal species may exhibit different growth strategies than their native clonal
competitors. In this study, we examined the spatial distribution of tiller outgrowth and the bud …

Clonal perennial grasses are the dominant species in almost all natural grasslands,
however their seed production is typically low. The reasons why seed set is so low remains …

The encroachment of woody plants into grasslands is an ongoing global problem that is
largely attributed to anthropogenic factors such as climate change and land management …