ArticleFrontiers in plant science2023
Response of grassland ecosystem function to plant functional traits under different vegetation restoration models in areas of karst desertification.
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- Links Between Plant Functional Reorganization and a Soil Multifunctionality Proxy During Karst Forest Recovery.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Responses of Restored Vegetation Communities, Soil Properties, and Microbial Composition to Different Fertilization Treatments in an Alpine Mining Area.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Contrasting nitrogen-use strategies and photosynthetic carbon-water trade-offs inFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Value Realization of Grassland Ecosystem Products in the Karst Desertification Control Area: Spatial Variability, Drivers, and Decision-Making.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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Abstract
Plant functional traits serve as a bridge between plants, the environment, and ecosystem function, playing an important role in predicting the changes in ecosystem function that occur during ecological restoration. However, the response of grassland ecosystem function to plant functional traits in the context of ecological restoration in areas of karst desertification remains unclear. Therefore, in this study, we selected five plant functional traits [namely, plant height (H), specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), root length (RL), and root dry matter content (RDMC)], measured these along with community-weighted mean (CWM) and functional trait diversity, and combined these measures with 10 indexes related to ecosystem function in order to investigate the differences in plant functional traits and ecosystem function, as well as the relationship between plant functional traits and ecosystem functions, under four ecological restoration models [
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