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 …

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 …

Climate change forecasts of more frequent climate extremes suggest that such events will
become increasingly important drivers of future ecosystem dynamics and function. Because …

Plant modularity traits relevant to functions of on-spot persistence, space occupancy,
resprouting after disturbance, as well as resource storage, sharing, and foraging have been …

The physical avoidance of overwinter damage is important for determining the success of
herbaceous perennial plants in climates with cold winters. Exposure to damaging frost can …

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

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

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 …

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

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 …