Selection and Phenotypic Plasticity Shape Plant Performance in a Grassland Biodiversity Experiment.

ABSTRACT: The increasing strength of positive biodiversity effects on plant community productivity, observed in long-term biodiversity experiments, relates to mixed responses at the species level. However, it is still not well understood if the observed mixed responses are adaptations to the different selection pressures in plant communities of different diversity or plastic adjustments. We conducted a transplant experiment for nine plant species in a 17-year-old biodiversity experiment (Jena Experiment). We used offspring of plants selected in the biodiversity experiment and from plants without selection in the experiment (naïve). In a Community History Experiment, offspring of selected plants were planted in three test environments: their original plant communities with

SUBMITTER: De Giorgi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11904805 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature