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Plant diversity surpasses plant functional groups and plant productivity as driver of soil biota in the long term. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
One of the most significant consequences of contemporary global change is the rapid decline of biodiversity in many ecosystems. Knowledge of the consequences of biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems is largely restricted to single ecosystem ...
Nico Eisenhauer, Alexandru Milcu, Alexander C W Sabais, Holger Bessler, Johanna Brenner, Christof Engels, Bernhard Klarner, Mark Maraun, Stephan Partsch, Christiane Roscher, Felix Schonert, Vicky M Temperton, Karolin Thomisch, Alexandra Weigelt, Wolfgang W Weisser, Stefan Scheu   +15 more
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Fourth-corner generation of plant functional response groups

Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 2008
Plant functional response groups (PFGs) are now widely established as a tool to investigate plant—environment relationships. Different statistical methods to form PFGs are used in the literature. One way is to derive emergent groups by classifying species based on correlation of biological attributes and subjecting these groups to tests of response to ...
Veiko Lehsten, Peter Harmand, Michael Kleyer   +2 more
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Plant functional group has stronger effects on soil functions than planting density: an examination with pot experiment

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionPlant functional groups (PFGs) and plant density are two important characteristics of plant community dynamics; however, the main and interactive effects of PFGs and plant density on ecosystem functions have not been thoroughly analyzed ...
Huan Jiao, Huan Jiao, Huan Jiao, Zhenrui Cao, Lin Gong, Xingchen Chang, Chuanxu Fang, Xiang Wang, Wenrao Li, Satoshi Ishii, Satoshi Ishii, Weibo Kong, Xiaorong Wei, Xiaorong Wei, Xiaorong Wei   +14 more
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Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed grasslands [PDF]

, 2011
Plant-soil interactions are central to short-term carbon (C) cycling through the rapid transfer of recently assimilated C from plant roots to soil biota. In grassland ecosystems, changes in C cycling are likely to be influenced by land use and management
Deyn, G.B., de, Ostle, N.J., Bardgett, Richard, Bardgett, R.D., Quirk, Helen, Ostle, Nick, G. B. De Deyn, Quirk, H., S. Oakley, De Deyn, G.B., Bartgett, R.D., N. Ostle, Bardgett, R. D., R. D. Bardgett, De Deyn, G. B., Oakley, Simon, De Deyn, Gerlinde, Ostle, N., Oakley, S., H. Quirk   +19 more
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Plant richness, land use and temperature differently shape invertebrate leaf-chewing herbivory on plant functional groups. [PDF]

Oecologia, 2022
Higher temperatures can increase metabolic rates and carbon demands of invertebrate herbivores, which may shift leaf-chewing herbivory among plant functional groups differing in C:N (carbon:nitrogen) ratios.
Fricke U, Redlich S, Zhang J, Tobisch C, Rojas-Botero S, Benjamin CS, Englmeier J, Ganuza C, Riebl R, Uhler J, Uphus L, Ewald J, Kollmann J, Steffan-Dewenter I.   +13 more
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Increased plant carbon translocation linked to overyielding in grassland species mixtures [PDF]

, 2012
Plant species richness and productivity often show a positive relationship, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, especially at the plant species level. We examined how growing plants in species mixture influences intraspecific rates of
Deyn, G.B., de, Bardgett, Richard, Ostle, N.J., Quirk, Helen, Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, Nick J., Ostle, Nick, Quirk, H., Helen Quirk (132792), Nick J. Ostle (132794), De Deyn Gerlinde B., Richard D. Bardgett (132796), De Deyn, Gerlinde B., Oakley, Simon, Quirk Helen, Richard D Bardgett, Bardgett Richard D., Oakley, S., Simon Oakley (132793), Ostle Nick J., Helen Quirk, Simon Oakley, Oakley Simon, de Deyn, G.B., Bardgett, Richard D., Gerlinde B De Deyn, De Deyn, Gerlinde, Gerlinde B. De Deyn (132791), Nick J Ostle   +28 more
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Plant secondary metabolites as defenses, regulators, and primary metabolites: the blurred functional trichotomy [PDF]

, 2020
The plant kingdom produces hundreds of thousands of low molecular weight organic compounds. Based on the assumed functions of these compounds, the research community has classified them into three overarching groups: primary metabolites, which are ...
Erb, Matthias, Kliebenstein, Daniel J.
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Functional traits of plant functional groups in karst rocky desertification ecosystem: Insights for the adaptability of plants to the degraded environment

Global Ecology and Conservation
Plant functional groups enable us to understand the ecological adaptation strategies of plants to changes in the external environment and resources at a higher scale.
Yaoyao Liu, Qian Wang, Linjiao Wang, Maoyin Sheng   +3 more
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Plant functional traits and groups in a Californian serpentine chaparral [PDF]

Ecological Research, 2017
Abstract We studied a type of Californian ultramafic chaparral to determine functional groups which can help reduce the complexity of ecosystem management. The study was realized in McLaughlin Reserve, State of California, USA.
Noelia Hidalgo‐Triana, Andrés Vicente Pérez Latorre, James Hansen Thorne   +2 more
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Self‐stabilizing maintenance process in plant communities of alpine meadows under different grazing intensities

Grassland Research, 2023
Backgrounds Grazing prohibition and reduced grazing intensity, as two important “vegetation close‐to‐nature recovery” methods, have been suggested as economical and effective technologies for enhancing forage production.
Li Lin, Xingliang Xu, Guangmin Cao, Fawei Zhang, Yikang Li, Junjie Huang   +5 more
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