Root traits of grasslands rapidly respond to climate change, while community biomass mainly depends on functional composition

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 1841 - 1855
• Main Authors: Rojas‐Botero, Sandra, Teixeira, Leonardo H., Prucker, Paula, Kloska, Veronika, Kollmann, Johannes, Le Stradic, Soizig
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: absorptive root traits; Absorptivity; belowground biomass; Biomass; biomass allocation; Carbon dioxide; Central European region; Climate change; climate scenario; Climate studies; Composition; Density; dry matter partitioning; ecology; Environmental Sciences; Factorial experiments; fine roots; Forbs; Grasses; Grasslands; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Mesocosms; Plant communities; plant functional types; Plant populations; Plant tissues; Precipitation; Roots; soil; Soil layers; Soils; summer; taxonomy; temperature; urban grasslands; Central European region; urban grasslands; plant functional types; climate scenario; fine roots; absorptive root traits; biomass allocation

Current challenges of functional responses in plant communities to climate change call for multi‐factorial experiments. Moreover, studies on climate change should focus on below‐ground responses since absorptive roots largely control soil C allocation and resource acquisition. Thus, we aimed to unde...