In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

In recent years, belowground plant ecology has experienced a booming interest. This has
resulted in major advances towards a greater understanding of belowground plant and …

Functional traits mechanistically capture plant responses to environmental gradients as well
as plant effects on ecosystem functioning. Yet most trait‐based theory stems from terrestrial …

Clonal plants play key roles in maintaining community productivity and stability in many
ecosystems. Connected individuals (ramets) of clonal plants can translocate and share, for …

A longstanding research divide exists in plant ecology: either focusing on plant clonality,
with no ambition to address nonclonal plants, or focusing on all plants, ignoring that many …

Plant functional traits vary consistently along climate gradients and are therefore potential
predictors of plant community response to climate change. We test this space‐for‐time …

Asexual reproduction plays a fundamental role in the structure, dynamics and persistence of
perennial grasslands. Thus, assessing how asexual reproductive traits of plant communities …

Coastal ecosystems provide important services to human population, such as nurseries for
fish, carbon storage and coastal protection. However, the pressure faced by these systems …

Ecosystem responses to environmental change are usually studied solely using
aboveground (usually leaf) traits. However, belowground plant traits, such as fine roots and …

By mainly focusing on leaves and roots, functional ecology has been omitting an important
dimension of plant form and function. Horizontal spacers (rooting stems and roots with …