Plant Acquisitive Strategies Promote Resistance and Temporal Stability of Semiarid Grasslands.

ABSTRACT: Among ecologists, it is widely believed that conservative growth strategies of plants are crucial for sustaining ecosystem stability, while the potential stabilising role of acquisitive strategies has received little attention. We investigated the relationships between plant traits and three stability dimensions-temporal stability, resistance and resilience-using two complementary datasets from drought-affected semi-arid grasslands: a temporal plant community survey from a single site and a 1000-km transect survey with satellite-derived productivity estimates. We found strikingly consistent patterns from the two datasets, with grasslands dominated by acquisitive strategies exhibiting greater resistance and temporal stability of productivity. Acquisitive strategies enhance stability by faci

SUBMITTER: Yan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11967160 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature