Grasses are widespread on every continent and are found in all terrestrial biomes. The
dominance and spread of grasses and grassland ecosystems have led to significant …

Humans have cultivated grasses for food, feed, beverages, and construction materials for
millennia. Grasses also dominate the landscape in vast parts of the world, where they have …

Poales are one of the most species‐rich, ecologically and economically important orders of
plants and often characterise open habitats, enabled by unique suites of traits. We test six …

Elucidating how multiple factors affect biodiversity and plant community assembly is a
central issue in ecology, especially in vulnerable ecosystems such as tropical mountains …

Alpine plants in Australia are increasingly exposed to more frequent drought and
heatwaves, with significant consequences for physiological stress responses. Acclimation is …

As global warming progresses, plants may be forced to adapt to drastically changing
environmental conditions. Arctic-alpine plants have been among the first to experience the …

The external cues that trigger timely flowering vary greatly across tropical and temperate
plant taxa, the latter relying on predictable seasonal fluctuations in temperature and …

Introduction of alpine grasses to low altitude regions has long been a crucial strategy for
enriching germplasm diversity, cultivating and acclimating high-quality species, enhancing …

Grass species (family Poaceae) are globally distributed, adapted to a wide range of climates
and express a diversity of functional strategies. We explored the functional strategies of …

In this study, we explored the distributions of grass genera in the Southern Cone (SC) of
South America, applying several phylogenetic diversity (PD) metrics and randomization …