Climate warming and extended droughts drive establishment and growth dynamics in temperate grassland plants

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 313; p. 108762
• Main Authors: Doležal, Jiří, Altman, Jan, Jandová, Veronika, Chytrý, Milan, Conti, Luisa, Méndez-Castro, Francisco E., Klimešová, Jitka, Zelený, David, Ottaviani, Gianluigi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.02.2022
• Subjects: Annual growth rings; biodiversity; climate; Climate change; Drought; ecosystems; forests; grasslands; Herb-chronology; Life histories; meteorology; plant establishment; population dynamics; seed weight; spring; summer; temperature; Warming; winter; xylem; Annual growth rings; Life histories; Warming; Climate change; Drought; Herb-chronology

•Central European grassland plants record climate changes in their radial growth rings.•Warmer and drier climate reduces plant growth and establishment.•Summer droughts adversely affect mainly the growth of shallow-rooted species.•Growth responses over the past thirty years were species-specific and...