Climate fluctuations drive the recruitment and growth of temperate grassland plants

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Doležal, Jiri, Altman, Jan, Jandová, Veronika, Chytrý, Milan, Conti, Luisa, Méndez-Castro, Francisco E, Klimešová, Jitka, Zelený, David, Ottaviani, Gianluigi
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 09.03.2021; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Age composition; Biodiversity; Climate effects; Drought; Ecology; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystems; Forbs; Grasslands; Growth rings; Herbivores; Plant communities; Precipitation; Recruitment; Rooting; Shrubs; Species composition; Summer; age distribution; drought; warming; herb-chronology; population decline; dry grassland; climate change

Abstract Recent climate warming is associated with the increasing magnitude and frequency of extreme events, including heatwaves and drought periods worldwide. Such events can have major effects on the species composition of plant communities, hence on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Here we...