Field experiment shows that competition for light is the key mechanism driving loss of plant diversity under eutrophication and lack of grazing.
Tag - grassland
Eurekalert
Dale Maylea
Modelling perennial grass phenology
Predicting phenology can provide insight into better management.
Rachel Shekar
The impacts of wolf willow on a Canadian grassland ecosystem
How do the architecture and spatial arrangement of shrubs impact understory species in a Canadian savannah ecosystem?
William Salter
Keeping plants off-balance in one location can give a species greater stability
Throwing varying climatic conditions at plant populations can help preserve genetic diversity in a species.
Alun Salt
Restoring “No Man’s Land” with native mycorrhizal fungi and plant seed mixtures
A new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology reveals the importance of introducing symbiotic fungi with native plant species for restoring post-mining ecosystems.
Juniper Kiss
Dormancy and endosperm presence influence the seed longevity of central European calcareous grassland plants
Despite increasing efforts towards habitat and species protection in Europe since the 1990s, when the Fauna-Flora-Habitat directive was adopted, the proportion of threatened plant species has steadily increased. One...
Warming and elevated CO2 alter the suberin chemistry in roots
The decomposability of fine roots and their potential to contribute to soil carbon (C) is partly regulated by their tissue chemical composition. In a recent Editor’s Choice article published in AoB PLANTS, Suseela et al...
AoBPLANTS
Mitigating effects of well-timed rainfall on plant mortality
Global warming accelerates plant water use, increasing plant susceptibility to drought death. From this, it can be hypothesised that higher CO2 concentrations slow plant water use, and should offset the warming effects...
botanyone
Native plant responses to enhanced rainfall
The environmental and biotic context within which plants grow have a great potential to modify responses to climatic changes, yet few studies have addressed both the direct effects of climate and the modulating roles...
Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, clipping regimen and differential day/night atmospheric warming on tissue nitrogen concentrations of a perennial pasture grass
Forecasting the effects of climate change on nitrogen (N) cycling in pastures requires an understanding of changes in tissue N. A new study published in AoB PLANTS by Volder et al. shows that elevated CO2, climate...
Warming and nitrogen effects on plant phenology
Phenology is one of most sensitive traits of plants in response to regional climate warming and it may interact with other environmental change factors such as increasing nitrogen deposition. Xia and Wan conduct a 4...
Nitrogen and water effects on functional traits
Nitrogen and water effects on functional traits Changes in resource supply can have significant effects on plant functional traits. Ren et al. conduct a field study to examine the responses of five herbaceous perennial...
Plant resource-use strategies and phenotypic plasticity
Plant resource-use strategies and phenotypic plasticity In subalpine grasslands, where a large diversity of habitats can occur over short distances, differing resource-use strategies will determine which species...
